Книги издательства Prestel

Is it painting or sculpture? This literally outstanding exhibition catalog deepens our understanding of a genre-bending medium over the course of nearly two centuries. No other artistic medium transcends the boundaries of our vision quite like the...

Now available again, this beautiful volume offers high-quality reproductions and the latest biographical information on Paul Klee, who helped pave the way for Modernism. Readers of this book will find much to discover and relish in Paul Klee&rsquo...

In lavish two-page spreads, this book presents nearly one hundred of history’s most memorable photographs — from the Wright Brothers’ first flight to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream...

The most important and best-loved artists of the Pop art movement are gathered in this accessible book of painting, photography, film, and sculpture When it emerged in the 1950s, the Pop art movement presented a challenge to fine art with its inco...

From suits to socks, tuxedos to ties, this is an utterly unique and visually exciting look at how fashionable men have been rocking polka dots, plaids, and paisley at home, at work, and at play throughout history and across the globe. Nothing embr...

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...

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...

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...

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...