The most important landmarks in the history of photography under the microscopePhotographs have a strange and powerful way of shaping the way we see the world and influencing our perceptions of reality. To demonstrate the unique and profound influence on culture and society that photographs have, Ph...

Legendary game designer American McGee created one of the most visually arresting games of all time in Alice. Eleven years later, McGee returns with a sequel just as groundbreaking as his critically acclaimed classic - Alice: Madness Returns! Just in time for Madness Returns, Dark Horse and Spicy Ho...

For Edvard Munch (1863-1944), painting was an act of self-liberation. His treatments of fear, desperation, and death still exert a powerful visual and psychological effect on modern viewers. Of all Munch's paintings, "The Scream" (1893), representing a figure tortured by horror, is the most well-kno...

Kris Kuksi's sculptures, rendered in immaculate detail, evoke a grandeur reminiscent of the Baroque era. Kuksi successfully merges this sumptuous echo of the past with a satirical and critical commentary of our modern industrial world. These finely crafted sculptures employ images of Gods and Goddes...

The first monograph on the iconic independent New York street fashion label Supreme. In April 1994, Supreme opened its doors on Lafayette Street in downtown Manhattan and became the home of New York City skate culture. Challenging the dominance of the established Wes Coast skater scene and the new c...

This title is a Taschen 25 - Special edition! This title deals with Vermeer's women, their duties and unspoken dreams. The 35 paintings that have come down to us from the hand of Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) place him beside Rembrandt and Frans Hals as one of the great masters of the golden age of Dutch ...

The newest addition to the Beadweaving Master Class series features two dozen spectacular jewelry designs from renowned master beading teacher Marcia DeCoster.DeCoster specializes in the popular right angle weave stitch, and she presentsbeadweavers with a comprehensive primer on her beautiful techni...

What is art history? Why, how, and where did it originate, and how have its methods changed over time? The history of art has been written and rewritten since classical antiquity. Since the foundation of the modern discipline of art history in Germany in the late eighteenth century, debates about ar...

TASCHEN 25 - Special edition!Tragicomedy; or, the world according to Haring By the time of his death from AIDS at the age of 31, Keith Haring (1958-1990) was already a wildly successful and popular artist. Haring`s original and instantly recognizable style, full of thick black lines, bold colors, an...

TASCHEN 25 - Special edition!Frida Kahlo - painter of pictures expressing the burdens that weighed upon her soul The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the most important 20th century painters, and one of the few Latin American artists to have achieved a global reputation. In 1983 her ...

TASCHEN 25 - Special edition!One of the most esteemed abstract expressionists and greatest painters of the 20th centuryMark Rothko belongs to the generation of American artists who completely revolutionized the essence of abstract painting. His stylistic evolution, from a figurative visual repertoir...

'위기론'은 언제나 등장한다. 문학의 위기, 인문학의 위기, 정치의 위기, 철학의 위기……. 마찬가지로 클래식의 위기, 음악의 위기도 매체에 등장하는 단골 메뉴다. 언제나 회자되는 위기론이라고 쉽게 보면 안 된다. LP에서 CD로, CD에서 MP로 전환된 급격한 매체변화와 싸늘한 청중반응에 제대로 반응하지 못한 음악계의...

Presenting advice and instruction on a more basic level than found in most other calligraphy books, this brand-new title starts with fundamentals. It takes absolute beginners by the hand and walks them through 15 key alphabets. The author guides neophyte calligraphers stroke-by-stroke in the process...

This is a complete beginner's guide to learning how to do calligraphy. It starts with a brief history and a discussion of all the materials and equipment that will be needed. It then explores in depth 15 of the most commonly used alphabet styles, with emphasis on developing rhythm in writing by buil...

Contemporary art, continued Unless you regularly trawl the Chelsea galleries, hang out at the Tate Modern, peruse the Pompidou, attend every Biennale, and religiously read Artforum, you could probably use a primer on the art scene in the world today. Fortunately we’ve created our second Art Now vol...

Himself a painter, Walter Erben interviewed Joan Miro several times at the artist's house in Mallorca. Here he reveals Miro's own interpretations of his most significant works and insights into his world of magic and mysticism. Rich color reproductions are featured throughout.