With his smooth, warm, ruddy face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People’s Republic i...więcej »
Heirloom Fruits of America features 100 full-color illustrations selected from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection, an archive of 7,584 paintings, lithographs, and ...więcej »
How can we pack so much big booty into such a tiny and inexpensive package? Sorry, but it's a trade secret we can't divulge, except to say that shoehorns and spandex were involved. The original Big...więcej »
At the vivid intersection of cinematic and graphic design history, this book gathers 250 film posters from the Soviet Union of the 1920s and early 1930s to explore a world of innovative, revolution...więcej »
A follow-up to the bestselling listening party guide, Booze & Vinyl, this is an all-new collection of groundbreaking music paired with mood-setting cocktails.Get set to party with 7...więcej »
W Polsce wciąż są miejsca wolne od wpływu człowieka. Trudno dostępne, położone w nieoczywistych miejscach, w pełni poddane rytmowi zjawisk przyrodniczych i nieustającym wędrówkom zwierząt. T...więcej »
A world of music, dance, and the Moulin RougeIn our imaginings of Paris, painter and graphic artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) has no small role to play. In his prints, poste...więcej »
Lyrical forms from FinlandAlvar Aalto (1898–1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, ...więcej »
The Egyptian explorations of Émile Prisse d’AvennesA lifelong devotee of ancient Egyptian and Oriental culture, the French author, artist, and scholar Achille-Constant-Thé...więcej »
For more than 30 years, Brian Dowling's studio was the birthplace of some of the most remarkable fashion photography ever created. In his Islington darkroom, using specialist analog equipment, Dowl...więcej »
Christian Dior achieved immortality with his first collection in 1947. His ‘New Look’ amazed the world as it emerged after wartime austerity, and reset the boundaries of modern elegance...więcej »
The Baltic States – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – retain strong cultural identities that have survived despite centuries of colonization by powerful neighbouring lands. Following the ...więcej »
Album poświęcony życiu i twórczości Tamary Łempickiej, nazywanej królową art déco. Od najmłodszych lat obracała się w towarzystwie światowych elit i brylowała na salonach. Była błyskotliwą skandali...więcej »
Na wystawie w 1874 roku Claude Monet pokazał w atmosferze skandalu Impresję, wschód słońca ? obraz, który otworzył drogę do największej rewolucji w sztuce XIX wieku. Miejsce skostniałego stylu akad...więcej »
A Revolution in PaintingThe mysterious genius who transformed European artCaravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to ...więcej »
A Legacy in StoneCastles and fortresses of medieval EuropeFollow photographer Frédéric Chaubin as he embarks on a unique, century-spanning journey through Europe. Fe...więcej »
Space ShapersAn encyclopedia of modern architectureWith more than 280 entries, this architectural A–Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensabl...więcej »
Me, Myself, and IThe history of the self-portraitThe self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this collecti...więcej »
Johannes Vermeer, creator of life from oil paintDespite numbering at just 35, his works have prompted a New York Times best seller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; record ...więcej »
Man in FocusA gallery of men from photography’s maestro“The way men are seen in photography, in fashion, and the way that men look at pictures of themselves has change...więcej »
