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“I was one of the people who took the hero further away from the white hat. In A Fistful of Dollars, you didn’t know who was the hero till a quarter of the way through the film, and then you weren’t sure; you figured he was the protagonist, but only ...

Whether you’re an art fan, aficionado, or collector, this completely unique book should be on your required reading list. Like a textbook for a class given by all of the world’s leading experts, Collecting Contemporary is the one and only book to tea...

Confessions of a connoisseur Insiders' tips on how the design art market really works "Art is about life, the art market is about money."  - Damien Hirst Whether you're an art fan, aficionado, or collector, this completely unique book should be...

Confessions of a connoisseur Insiders' tips: discover the world of design with the help of thirty-two international experts and learn why the most valuable furniture is not what you think it is Adam Lindemann’s second volume is the fo...

This guide to conceptual art traces the issues and concerns of the first generation of artists involved in the foundation of the movement, with an essay exploring the historical basis of conceptual art, its relationship to the dominant aesthetics of ...

Concrete Heights. The most exciting projects behind the contemporary concrete trend Once synonymous with eyesore highway bridges and crumbling, unloved walls, concrete has been reborn as adventurous and sexy. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition c...

This compendium showcases the extraordinary cutting-edge work of 100 of the world's most progressive graphic designers, from the hard-hitting political messages of Jonathan Barnbrook to the lyrical digital compositions of Peter Saville to the iconocl...

This compendium showcases the extraordinary cutting-edge work of 100 of the world's most progressive graphic designers, from the hard-hitting political messages of Jonathan Barnbrook to the lyrical digital compositions of Peter Saville to the ico...

Domestic Bliss. Innovative, intimate architecture from China to Chile Open the door into 100 of the most beautiful and pioneering houses of the past two decades. With featured architects including Daniel Libeskind, Herzog & de Meuron, and Zaha...

This lavishly illustrated guide to the most beautiful contemporary beach houses in the world includes an inspiring selection of gem-like resorts in the most heavenly surroundings. The houses featured are distinguished by masterly architecture and exe...

The beauty of Soviet brutalism. A photographic record of 90 weird and wonderful buildings from the last decades of the USSR Photographer Frédéric Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express wh...

Brutalist Beauties. Architectural remnants of the USSR An unrivalled photographic journey through time and geography, Frédéric Chaubin’s Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed gathers 90 buildings in 14 former Soviet Repub...

Unsentimental realism "I maintain," stated Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), "that painting is clearly a concrete art whose existence lies only in the representation of real and existing objects...." Courbet, who influenced and advi...

TASCHEN 25 - Special edition! The history, theory and practice of Cubism, the 20th century's first avant-garde art movement Pioneered by Picasso and Braque, Cubism was the first avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. Heavily influenc...