There are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, and sensuality. This essential introduction takes in the most i...
The photographs, drawings and texts published in this book are part of a collection of more than 3,000 tattoos accumulated over a lifetime by prison attendant Danzig Baldaev. Tattoos were his gatew...
This is the final volume of drawings and photographs from Danzig Baldaev and Sergei Vasiliev, which completes the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia trilogy. Danzig Baldaev documente...
More than 240 photographs of Buddhist culture across AsiaA book of travel photography and a visual introduction to the life of the historical BuddhaSharing the spirituality ...
Few figures tower over twentieth-century art like Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. Their works were ground-breaking and incalculably influential, yet at the same time both artists were wildly popular...
Scandinavia Dreaming illustrates today’s evolving story of Nordic design: one that is equal parts elegance, function, and tradition.The nuanced realm of Nordic design ...
Albertus Seba’s unrivalled catalog of animals, insects and plantsThe Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievements and remains ...
Sebastião Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon and photographed the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region for six years: the forest, the rivers, the mountains, the people who liv...
“What is it about a dull yellow metal that drives men to abandon their homes, sell their belongings and cross a continent in order to risk life, limbs and sanity for a dream?” – S...
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...
Showcasing more than sixty pieces from the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation and the Museum of Lace and Fashion collections, Sheer highlights the designer’s mastery over trans...
„Sielska Polska” to album przedstawiający na pięknych zdjęciach i w krótkich opisach 46 najbardziej urokliwych i sielskich miejsc naszej ojczyzny, gdzie warto pojechać, a nawet s...
Since when did certain hand gestures become offensive? And why are scales a symbol of justice?For thousands of years, humans have communicated through a language of signs and symbols. F...
Since being introduced in the 19th century, when they were considered the bastard cousins of more refined serif types, slab serif typefaces have become ubiquitous. Prized for their bold visual impa...
Big ideas for small buildingsOver the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduce...
Simon “Woody” Wood, founder and editor-in-chief of Sneaker Freaker magazine, has spent the last two decades analyzing the global cult of footwear fanatics. That experience directly insp...
Sneakers haven't been considered the tools of exclusively sportsmen and women in a long time. From the runway to the track, sneakers have crept their way firmly into our lives and it looks like the...
A riotous, 720-page celebration of sneaker culture and sporting legends, as told through the medium of vintage print advertisingMore than a decade in the making, Soled Out is the defini...
This pocket sized picture book is an artwork to itself telling the story of the famous trio and their art over the last twelve years. From the most human moments to their wacky adventures to the gi...