This title presents the evolution of the ad. The history of western advertising is a long one, starting as early as the 1630s, when frenchman Theophraste Renaudot placed the first advertising notes in La Gazette de...
A Thousand Dogs / 1000 Hunde / 1000 Chiens
Special budget abridged edition. You don`t need Taschen to tell you how wonderful dogs are - you know that already. In celebration of the world`s favorite animal, we bring you over 500 photographs of or about dogs,...
Her beauty has proved timeless - should we be surprised? Equally graceful whether moving or standing still, blessed with a balletic poise, luminous dark eyes, and an exquisite profile a queen might envy, Audrey...
Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from...
"Abstract expressionism" refers to the non-representational use of form and color as a means of expression that emerged in America in the 1940s, largely thanks to the innovative work of Arshile Gorky. Interestingly,...
Advertising Now. Online (+ DVD-ROM)
Ads in cyberspace: the best campaigns on the web today. This second installment in Taschen`s advertising series joins Advertising Now! Print and the forthcoming Advertising Now! Films to provide a complete study of...
Advertising Now: TV Commersials (+ DVD)
For anyone who`s interested in inventive commercials, this book covers many of the best contemporary examples from around the world. Though most of us change the channel or make a trip to the bathroom during...
We`ve searched far and wide, through Africa`s deserts and jungles, cities and wildlife reserves, islands and mountains, to uncover the continent`s most inspirational dwellings; our goal was to find the kind of...
Albrecht Durer (Basic Art) HC Альбрехт Дюрер
A polymath of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was a prolific artist, theorist, and writer whose works explored everything from religion to art theory to philosophy. His vast body of work includes...
Album Vilmorin: The Vegetable Garden
The French company "Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie" arose in the 18th century from the collaboration between Philippe Victoire de Vilmorin - a grain and plant merchant and connoisseur - and his father-in-law, Pierre...
The Hermetic Museum takes its readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the mediaeval cosmogram and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascinating world of alchemy to the art of the Romantic era....
This book contains over 300 rap rhythms, witticisms, insults, wisecracks, politically incorrect quips, courageous stands and words of inspiration from the mind, heart and soul of the brash young Cassius Clay, as he...
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Where`s the beef? With the cold war ebbing, crime and inflation at record levels, and movie star-turned-President Ronald Reagan launching a Star Wars of his own, the 1980s did not seem likely to become one of the...
The dawn of consumerism: when ads were works of art. A far cry from the aggressive ads we`ve become used to, American print advertisements from the first two decades of the 20th century were almost shockingly...
Alphonse Mucha (Basic Art) HC Альфонс Муха
With his instantly recognizable decorative style, Czech artist and Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) defined the look of the fin-de-siecle. In evocative shades of peach, gold, ochre, and olive, his...
