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From the Land of the Pharaohs. The finest treasures of ancient Egypt Discover some of the most stunning masterpieces of ancient Egypt. This catalogue gathers sarcophagi, statues, murals, and other timeless treasures by unknown masters from the Old...

A woman among Modernists Though her work has often been overshadowed by that of her peers such as Le Corbusier and Marcel Breuer, Irish designer, lacquer-artist, and architect Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is now widely recognized as a designer of great t...

A painter ahead of his time Cretan-born painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known by his Spanish nickname, El Greco (c.1541-1614), studied under Titian in Venice before settling down in Toledo. Commissioned by the church and local nobility, E...

A prophet of modernism Strong colors and sinuous figures El Greco (1541–1614) was born Doménikos Theotokópoulos in Crete in 1541. He arrived in Venice in 1566, where his work was greatly influenced by Titian and Tintoretto. However when he made an ...

To his contemporaries in late 16th-century Venice, El Greco (1541­–1614) was a contrary fellow, an innate artist blessed with extraordinary talent, but stubborn in the pursuit of his own path. Throughout his career, as he progressed from Cr...

They're not your girls next door. Fashion and fetish in a female fantasyland Ellen von Unwerth was a supermodel before the term was invented, so she knows a thing or two about photographing beautiful women. Now one of the world’s most or...

Эллен фон Унверт. Девушка. Подарочное издание, лимитированная серия 1500 пронумерованных копий, каждая с автографом фотографа. Эллен фон Унверт была супермоделью до того как стала фотографом, поэтому она знает секрет или парочку о съемках красивых...

They’re not your girls next door. Fashion and fetish in a female fantasyland Ellen von Unwerth was a supermodel before the term was invented, so she knows a thing or two about photographing beautiful women. Now one of the world’s most ...

They’re not your girls next door. Fashion and fetish in a female fantasyland Ellen von Unwerth was a supermodel before the term was invented, so she knows a thing or two about photographing beautiful women. Now one of the world’s ...

All the way to her toes. The grandmaster of beauty below the knee Elmer Batters (1919-1997) was the grandmaster of leg and foot art. While others preferred the thrill of an inviting cleavage, the maestro’s eye was on lower things —trim...

The prince of prints. Pucci's vision and legacy Emilio Pucci (1914-1992) had a passion for women, a visionary sense of style, and an eye for color and design. With these talents, he created a fashion house unlike any other. By the early &rsquo...

The prince of prints Pucci's vision and legacy Limited edition of 10.000 copies; each unique copy is bound with one of a selection of recent print fabrics from the Pucci collection. Emilio Pucci (1914-1992) had a passion for women, a vis...

TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! Let’s get physical: ultra-realistic wax anatomies From the eccentric Museo La Specola in Florence comes this amazing collection of waxworks depicting the human anatomy in all its dazzling complexity. A se...

Know Thyself. The complex universe beneath your skin This book will literally get under your skin. From La Specola museum in Florence, this fantastic exploration of what lies inside us all reveals the inner workings of the body in meticulous anato...

An Expressionist before the term was coined, James Ensor (1860–1949) was the classic insider-outsider enigma. He knew all the right art-world figures but loathed most of them. His style lurched from the Gothic fantastical to the Christian visio...