An anthology of cult magazine Sneaker FreakerBack in 2002, Simon “Woody” Wood was dreaming up schemes to get free sneakers. Two weeks later, he was the proud owner of Sneaker Frea...
The Kisokaido route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country’s then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous pass...
A unique tribute from David Bowie’s official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie’s blessing.In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbr...
W powszechnym odbiorze Jasieński to [...] albo nadwrażliwy, „lękliwy i delikatny chłopiec”, który dał się zwieść naukom Marksa i oddał swe pióro na usługi radzieckiemu tot...
An in-depth exploration of Bruegel’s painted workThe life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30–1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wa...
Zebrane w tym tomie teksty stanowią swoistą tybetańską poezję filozoficzną (trzy z nich po raz pierwszy przełożono na europejski język). Od wieków były używane przez praktykujących, kt&oacut...
Adam Vetulani (1901–1976), profesor Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego i sekretarz generalny Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności, zajmował poczesne miejsce w krakowskim środowisku naukowym już przed II ...
The Paintings of Frida KahloAmong the women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face,...
Calling All EC Fan-Addicts!A history of the world’s most notorious comicsIn 1947, Bill Gaines inherited EC Comics, a new venture founded by his legendary father M. C. Gaines...
Aleksander Siergiejewicz Gribojedow pozostaje centralną postacią rosyjskiej kultury, chociaż od jego tragicznej śmierci w Teheranie, w roku 1829, minęło prawie dwieście lat. Urósł on do rangi sy...
Niniejsza monografia wpisuje się w trwające dziś na wielu polach dyskusje dotyczące koncepcji antropocenu. Podejmuje także temat alternatywnych wobec niej ujęć obecnej epoki w dziejach Ziemi, kiedy...
The sky’s the limit with 50 ingenious tree houses around the worldThe idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as humanity. In t...
When traditional craft met blossoming ModernismPoets and intellectuals brushed shoulders in bustling coffeehouses, young avant-gardists heralded a new era in social and sexual liberalism, wal...
William Morris (1834–1896) was one of the greatest creative figures of the 19th century. As a visionary designer, as well as a manufacturer, writer, artist, and socialist activist, he pioneer...
Under the burning Tuscan sun roll marvelous hills, vineyards, and olive groves-all postcard-perfect landscapes nestling centuries-old towns, rural villas, and contadino farmhouses. We've tracked do...
The making of the Eiffel Tower“The Tower is also present to the entire world... a universal symbol of Paris... from the Midwest to Australia, there is no journey to France which isn&rsq...
Abstract pioneerHarmonies in red, yellow, and blueA key figure in the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was at once an extraordinary painter and leading a...
When is a urinal no longer a urinal? When Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) declared it to be art. The uproar that greeted the French artist’s Fountain (1917), a porcelain urinal installed in ...
With a career spanning seven decades, Catalan-born Joan Miró (1893–1983) was a polymath giant of modern art, producing masterworks across painting, sculpture, art books, tapestry, and ...
The world’s greatest magicians from the Middle Ages to the 1950sMagic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics ...