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While some architects have a signature style, Renzo Piano seeks to apply coherent ideas to extraordinarily different projects. His buildings impress as much for their individual impact as for their diversity of scale, material, and form. Piano rose t...

Piano, Virtuoso. The Italian master’s complete oeuvre Renzo Piano rose to international prominence with his co-design of the Pompidou Center in Paris, described by The New York Times as a building that “turned the a...

"I wanted to be a painter, and I became Picasso," declared Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) in an apt survey of a triumphant career. He had good grounds for the confidence palpable in his statement, for in the history of 20th century art, his n...

"I wanted to be a painter, and I became Picasso," declared Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) in an apt survey of a triumphant career. He had good grounds for the confidence palpable in his statement, for in the history of 20th-century art, his name...

30 years of Pierre & Gilles Pierre et Gilles create dreamy portraits that transport their subjects - as well as the viewers - into an alternate world where camp, pop, burlesque, religion, and eroticism mingle in perfect harmony. Creating the s...

As sweet as raspberry ripple, as tempting as popcorn: welcome to the seductive photographs of Pierre et Gilles, the masters of glam, kitsch, nostalgia, and everything fabulous. Bizarre and full of obscure significance, glitter, flowers, and hearts, t...

The Complete Bruegel. New photography of the Dutch master’s works in XXL resolution Sense of a Scene. Pieter Bruegel’s mastery of composition and community Discover the complete works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the most significant ...

Piranesi's fantastic worlds. The great 18th-century architectural artist and master engraver One of the greatest architectural artists of all time, and certainly the most famous copper engraver of the 18th century, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (...

One the greatest architectural artists of all time, and certainly the most famous copper engraver of the 18th century, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is most known for his terrifyingly original series of etchings of labyrinthine and megaloman...

Archaeology and Imagination. Impossible staircases and startling ruins from Italy’s master engraver The most famous 18th-century copper engraver, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) made his name with etchings of ancient Rome. His s...

Undress for history, please. The complete Pirelli retrospective The notoriously exclusive Pirelli Calendar, featuring glamorous shots of beautiful women, was first published in 1964. Reserved for important clients and VIPs, the calendar has since ...

Мы предлагаем читателю впечатляющую историю Playboy(Плейбой), показанную изнутри, с никогда ранее не демонстрировавшимися деталями. Все начиналось после работы. В Чикаго молодой копирайтер Хью Хефнер, дневные заботы которого состояли в активизации п...

"Без них, - сказал Хью Хефнер, - я издавал бы литературный журнал". С ними "Playboy"(Плейбой) стал одним из самых популярных изданий своего времени, спорным культурным феноменом, который вызывает как восхищение, так и осуждение, я...

Defining moments In existence for over 50 years, the Polaroid Corporation’s photography collection is the greatest collection of Polaroid images in the world. Begun by Polaroid founder Edwin Land and photographer Ansel Adams, the collection ...

Painting as a concept A tragic icon of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) took influences from Picasso and Mexican surrealism and developed his own way of seeing, interpreting, and expressing. Though his name inevitably conjures u...