Книги видавництва Prestel

This new expanded edition of Cocktails of the Movies serves up over 70 of the greatest cocktails to have featured on film. Take a journey through Hollywood’s lifelong love affair with cocktails, celebrating the greatest characters and their ...

From politics to religion, psychology to nuclear physics, learn how Dalí's work embraces nearly every major historic development of the twentieth century Although Salvador Dalí’s characteristically provocative behavior and ...

Get a glimpse into the life and work of painter, sculptor, and printmaker Edgar Degas, who is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism Best known for his depictions of young dancers on the stage and in the studio, Degas was an accomplished...

New in paperback, this book presents Dieter Rams’ aesthetic philosophy through highlights from a forty-year career designing iconic consumer products that enhance our daily lives. For decades, anyone who cared about product design looked to ...

Go fashion-forward with this brand new collection of easy-to-make cocktails that offers a dollop of sartorial history with every drink. "Dressed to Swill" contains sixty original cocktail recipes inspired by style icons from the 20th cen...

Now available in an attractive flexicover format, this visually stunning collection of landscape paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele brings to light a little-known aspect of this famous painter's oeuvre. Best known for his depictions of the...

Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. A superb draftsman and colourist, he produced images of startling emotional power. Following the lead of his mentor, Gustav Klimt, Schiele created figurative works ...

The first book on master photographer Ernst Haas’s work dedicated to both his classic and newly discovered New York City colour photographs of the 1950s and 60s. Ernst Haas’s colour works reveal the photographer’s remarkable geni...

Perfect for display or close observation, the posters in this elegantly produced collection of Ernst Haeckel's exquisite illustrations of natural forms demonstrate his exceptional artistry. Biologist, physician, philosopher, and artist, Ernst ...

The groundbreaking images created in London’s celebrated commercial darkroom tell the fascinating story of one of the most productive, experimental, and colourful eras in fashion photography. For more than 30 years, Brian Dowling’s stu...

Celebrating women? Cheers to that! These cocktail recipes are inspired by some of the world’s most amazing ladies. Sixty of the world’s coolest and most influential women are the inspiration for this refreshing and fun collection of dr...

Lucian Freud dedicated his life to portraying the people in his world without flattery or refinement. Although his technique and style evolved tremendously over the decades, Freud never wavered in his uncompromising standards or unsentimental approac...

This definitive appreciation of Kahlo’s career features gorgeous full-page reproductions and insightful commentary to illuminate connections between the artist’s life and work. Few painters have been as celebrated and adopted into popu...

The perfect subject for a graphic novel, Frida Kahlo's brief life was dramatic and romantic, tragic and painful. In this illustrated 'biography', Vanna Vinci captures the spirit of Kahlo's world in boldly coloured, minutely detailed i...

Acclaimed photographers James and Karla Murray invite readers inside the doors of thirty legendary watering holes to discover how each has contributed to the social and cultural fabric of New York City. For nearly three centuries, people have been...