Marilyn & Me is the intimate story of a legend before her fall and a young photographer on his way up. With more than 100 images, including rare outtakes from the set of Marilyn Monroe’s last film, the result is a real and unexpected portrait of the star in her final months. Hardcover, 23.2 x 31.6 cm, 1.85 kg, 200 pages
Daredevils and scantily clad starlets, fearless animal trainers and startling “freaks”: This behind-the-scenes look at the American circus brings together original posters and lithographs as well as remarkable circus photography to explore the glamour and the grit of what was once the largest showbiz industry on earth. Hardcover, 24.7 x 37.5 cm, 4.47 kg, 544 pages
With blockbuster exhibitions, record-breaking auctions, and packed museums, Impressionism remains close contender for the world’s favorite period of painting. This comprehensive book covers the movement’s key innovations and all of its artist pioneers, including unjustly neglected practitioners such as Berthe Morisot, Lucien Pissarro, and Gustave Caillebotte. Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.34 kg, 784 pages
From cosmic charts and da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man to the New York subway map: trace the history of visual data from the Middle Ages to the digital era in this XL compendium. Featuring some 400 infographic milestones across technology, cartography, zoology, and more, this is an unprecedented reference work for designers, history buffs, and anyone thirsty for knowledge. Hardcover with six fold-outs, 24.6 x 37.2 cm, 3.79 kg, 462 pages
A century after his death, Egon Schiele continues to stun with his contorted lines, distorted bodies, and eroticism. This XXL-sized book features the complete catalogue of his paintings from 1909–1918. Nearly 600 illustrations are presented, many of them newly photographed, alongside expert insights and Schiele’s personal writings in this decisive monograph. Hardcover, 29 x 39.5 cm, 7.15 kg, 608 pages
70 years of DIOR history set against the bustle of Times Square: this was Peter Lindbergh’s concept, extraordinary both in scope and dimension, for which the House allowed an unprecedented number of its most iconic garments to travel across the Atlantic. In this two-volume compendium, the legendary photographer’s final book project, discover the shoot in never-before-published images, as well as a tribute to an electrifying partnership between two pillars of fashion. Hardcover, 28 x 37 cm, 3.70 kg, 520 pages
Hiroshige & Eisen. The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido / by Andreas Marks (Author), Rhiannon Paget (Author), Издательство: Taschen, Серия: , Страниц: 234, Переплет: твердый, ISBN: 9783836539388
This fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling New York Times travel guide offers clever itineraries for 150 weekend trips across North America, from New York City to Kansas City, Big Sur to Boston. Complete with nearly 1,000 photos, detailed city-by-city maps, and 33 new stories including Anchorage, the Berkshires, Boulder, and many more. Flexicloth, 16.8 x 24 cm, 1.56 kg, 752 pages
The first and only publication of its kind, Sneaker Freaker has been at the forefront of the global sneaker scene for nearly two decades. With over 650 redesigned pages, fresh photography, insane historical detail, and otaku-level minutiae, this monster anthology combines the magazine’s finest and content created exclusively for TASCHEN into one seriously epic celebration of sneakers. Hardcover, 21 x 31.5 cm, 3.40 kg, 672 pages
A connoisseur’s overview of typeface design, Type offers a dependable history of elegant fonts from 1628 to the mid-20th century. Derived from a distinguished Dutch collection, exquisitely designed catalogues trace the evolution of the printed letter through specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts, as well as borders, ornaments, and initial letters. Hardcover, 25 x 31.7 cm, 3.31 kg, 720 pages
The most comprehensive study of Stanley Kubrick to date. His films are nothing short of superb visual experiences; big screen storytelling at its very best. Featuring enlarged film stills and previously unseen Kubrick material, including posters, set designs, props, screenplays, and shooting schedules, this richly illustrated book offers unprecedented access to the auteur at work. Hardcover, 29.3 x 29.3 cm, 544 pages
Take a trip through three centuries of trend. In this spectacular collection from the Kyoto Costume Institute, one of the world’s most extensive clothing collections, the smartest minds and sharpest eyes in fashion studies walk us through the outer- and underwear, shoes, and accessories that have defined people around the world. 24 x 33.6 cm, 3.88 kg, 632 pages
From Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, take in over a century’s worth of fashion greats. This updated edition includes 15 new labels and shows some 500 garments in the permanent collection of The Museum at FIT in New York City. Museum director Valerie Steele and fashion legend Suzy Menkes provide comment, with portraits by Robert Nippoldt. Hardcover, 26.2 x 33.6 cm, 4.69 kg, 720 pages
Between two world wars, the Bauhaus School of Art and Design changed the face of modernity. Realized with the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin, this updated edition celebrates the school’s centennial, gathering 550 illustrations across 400 pages, including architectural plans and biographies of key figures like Walter Gropius, Paul Klee, and Marianne Brandt—the ultimate guide. Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 3.44 kg, 400 pages
In this companion portfolio to Exodus, Sebastião Salgado presents 90 portraits of the youngest migrants and refugees. From roadside refuges in Angola to sprawling camps in Lebanon, Salgado’s subjects are all on the move and all under the age of 15. Proud, pensive, or sad, they gaze at the viewer with all the candor of youth as much as the uncertainty of their future. Hardcover, 24.8 x 33 cm, 1.53 kg, 124 pages
Explore the City of Angels from beaches to barrios, from tiny frontier town to glittering urban metropolis and entertainment capital of the world. This suitably sun-drenched tribute to Los Angeles packs page after page with stunning photographs to capture the life and reinventions of L.A. from the 1880s to the present day. Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 4.15 kg, 572 pages
The most comprehensive photographic study of an extraordinary city, Berlin, Portrait of a City offers some 560 pages of aerial views, street scenes, portraits, and more to trace the city from the Roaring Twenties to the ruins of war to its rebirth as political and cultural capital. Quotes from famed Berlin icons and connoisseurs, from Marlene Dietrich to David Bowie, accompany the images. Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 4.08 kg, 560 pages
Art history acquires a new rhythm in this unique anthology of artists’ record covers from the 1950s to today. More than 500 covers trace the interaction of music and visual art through modernism, Pop Art, conceptual practice, and beyond. Featured covers include Salvador Dalí’s skewered butterfly for Jackie Gleason and Damien Hirst’s symbolic skull for the Hours. Hardcover, 29.3 x 29.3 cm, 3.84 kg, 448 pages
Dive into one of the most colorful pop culture phenomena of mid-century America. In this handy edition gathering hundreds of images and ephemera, urban archaeologist Sven Kirsten takes us on a journey through Tiki history, from the first Pacific island exploration to Hollywood jungle fantasies and elaborate temples built to celebrate Tiki as the god of recreation. Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.12 kg, 640 pages
American pioneer Alfred Stieglitz defined early 20th-century photography, creating the school of “Photo Secessionism” and founding cult art, literature, and avant-garde photo journal Camera Work. This beautiful book reproduces the entire 50-issue run, originally published between 1903 and 1917—a benchmark of photography as art form. Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.29 kg, 552 pages
Over 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and conceptual pieces trace the story of modern art’s innovation and adventure. With explanatory texts for each work, and essays introducing each of the major modern movements, this is an authoritative overview of the ideas and the artworks that shook up standards, assaulted the establishment, and trailblazed new ideas. Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.20 kg, 696 pages
