The People`s Republic seen by Chinese photographers. This book brings together a vast selection of images by Chinese photographers since 1949, giving readers a visual journey across the great People`s Republic; edited...
With his smooth, warm, red 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 in 1949 and the early 1980s....
With his smooth, warm, red 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 in 1949 and the early 1980s....
A first edition will be published in January 2005, containing photo documents and preparatory drawings for The Gates. In February 2005, directly after the installation has been realized, a second edition will be...
The screening will be preceded by a personal appearance of author Andrew Bailey signing copies of his new book, Cinema Now, a Taschen release that examines the work and key themes of 60 filmmakers working around world...
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Adam Lindemann`s previous book for Taschen, Collecting Contemporary, has been an unprecedented success, introducing the lay reader to collecting contemporary art, with tell-all interviews by the biggest players in the...
Why is the only non-American winner of the AFI`s prestigious Life Achievement Award a Scotsman? Perhaps because Sean Connery`s career, though international in scope and global in appeal, made him a "genuine movie...
Contemporary Seasaide Houses / Maisons moderners de bord de mer / Traumhauser am meer
Building a beach house is one of the most appealing projects both for the architects and the future inhabitants, as it responds to the basic necessity of humanity to be consistent with nature. These fascinating and...
Converted Spaces / Convertir I`Espace / Verwandelte Raume
The task of restoring a building can sometimes prove more difficult than constructing a new one from scratch, not only because some parts of it may have to be preserved on account of their historical value, but also...
Majorca is, quite simply, a paradisical island. This book reveals the secret, hidden side of the island, where private houses quietly exist behind thick dry-stone walls and olive trees, protected from the curious...
Pioneered by Picasso and Braque, Cubism was the first avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. Heavily influenced by the stark power of African and Native American art and sculpture, it deconstructed conventions...
