Книги издательства Prestel

Celebrate the life and work of Peter Paul Rubens with this informative introduction to the Flemish artist Arguably the greatest artist of the Baroque period, Peter Paul Rubens was an accomplished painter and draughtsman, as well as a valued diplom...

Discover how the designers of women’s sporting attire navigated the worlds of fashion, function, and propriety, from the beginning of the 19th century to 1960 This book offers a stunning visual record of the evolution of women's sporting...

Culled from the extensive archives of one of the most renowned graffiti photographers of all time comes this remarkable collection of previously unpublished images of New York’s graffiti scene in the 1980s. If you were a graffiti writer in 1...

This generously illustrated book takes a stroll through history and across the globe to present the most candid, immediate, and provocative images captured by the masters of street photography. Capturing daily life in every corner of the globe, th...

This beautifully illustrated new volume on the Surrealist movement uncovers the influence magic, myth and the occult had on its development. Like no other 20th-century movement, Surrealism was keenly inspired by tropes of magic, myth and the occul...

Taste and Place: The Design Hotels Book is a broad and inclusive exploration of food, an integral part of purposeful travel.  In our most ambitious book yet, we have called upon leading writers, photographers, creative chefs, and culinary inn...

This unique, visually exciting look at the evolution of nightclubs across America and Europe since the 1960s reveals an unwavering truth about club culture — the one constant changes. Opening with the psychedelic haunts of the 1960s New York...

Discover how artists have been tricking the human eye for centuries This spellbinding look at the history and development of illusionistic art reveals wide-ranging techniques that have piqued the public’s fascination with this medium. Beauti...

This beautifully illustrated, expansive overview of Dutch and Flemish art during the 17th century illuminates the creative achievements of one of the most important eras in Western art. The Golden Age in Holland and Flanders roughly spanned the 17...

Welcome to the Wes Anderson museum — a place packed with illustrations, ephemera, trivia, and insightful commentary, and as whimsical and visually arresting as the cult director’s films themselves. This museum in book form takes reader...

A luxurious and definitive exploration of how and why the Renaissance flourished in Italy for two centuries The idea of “renaissance,” or rebirth, arose in Italy as a way of reviving the art, science, and scholarship of the Classical e...

This impeccably researched and lavishly illustrated book traces the evolution of the watch across the twentieth century. It charts the early rise of the wristwatch, shows how the cataclysmic events of the 1929 Wall Street Crash unexpectedly led to...

Discover the stylistic evolution of the watch in this unparalleled guide to the greatest timepieces of the 20th century. Offering the perfect blend of high-quality imagery and impeccable research, this magnificent book takes readers through the 20...

Let the inimitable aesthete Viktor Wynd guide you through a subversive celebration of curiosities, art, mess, decay, and self-indulgence, passionately arguing that the world is full of wonder that is in danger of being sanitised and that collectors a...

Explore William Kentridge’s remarkable performance piece, The Head & The Load, and discover how music, dance, writing, and fine art are combined to tell the haunting story of Africans during WWI For over thirty years, William Kentridge h...