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Abstract Action. The splattered oeuvre of a cultural icon The rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape, with his urgent, splattered drip paintings his most ex...

Less a distinct style than the concrete expression of being in a particular era, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, and the role o...

Whaam! When the kitschy, banal, and mass-market became art Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, the role of...

From Togas to Top Hats. The evolution of style from antiquity to 1888 Racinet’s Costume History is a landmark in the study of clothing and fashion. This reprint presents Racinet’s exquisitely precise color illustrations, as well as his...

In art history, we tend to be on first-name terms only with the most revered of masters. The Renaissance painter and architect Raphael Santi (1483–1520) is one such star. The man we call simply Raphael has for centuries been hailed as a supreme...

architecture under the microscope. rem koolhaas’s essential toolkit to building anatomies This collection is a look through the microscope at the real fundamentals of our buildings, revealing the essential design techniques used by any archi...

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting, drawing, and etching, he changed the course of Western art. His prolific oeuvre encompasses religious, historical, and secular scenes...

One of the leading lights of the Impressionist movement, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) remains a towering figure in art history with enduring public appeal. Sun-kissed, charming, and sensual, his work shows painting at its most lighthearted...

Pierre-Auguste Renoir's timelessly charming paintings still reflect our ideals of happiness, love, and beauty. TASCHEN's Renoir: Painter of Happiness, the most comprehensive retrospective of his work yet published, examines the personal histo...

Realism vs. Abstraction. A colorful exploration of the life and work of Gerhard Richter Meet Gerhard Richter, the German artist who redefined painting. Between abstract works and photography-based paintings, Richter pushes the medium’s bound...

Rebel with a cause. A revolutionary spirit in modern art Diego Rivera (1886 -1957) is a loud presence on the art historical stage. With devout political principles and a turbulent romantic history, he was at once husband and paladin of Frida Kahlo...

Master of the human form. Rodin's ode to flesh in bronze, marble, and clay One of the most celebrated sculptors of all time, Auguste Rodin transformed sculptural substance not only into human forms, but into the evocation of human experience. ...

Looking Africa in the face. An homage to the continent of contrasts "In the footsteps of courage and catastrophe [...] – a 30-year journey across the dark continent by the world's greatest photojournalist." - The Sunday Times M...

In Serra Pelada with Sebastião Salgado. Haunting black-and-white images of the Brazilian gold rush For a decade, Serra Pelada evoked the long-promised El Dorado as the world’s largest open-air gold mine, employing some 50,000 diggers ...

The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this collection brings together some of the best examples of self-portraiture to explore the genre’s evolution over the c...