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Welcome to Communist Utopia. Mao’s starring role in Chinese propaganda art With his smooth, warm, ruddy face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth o...

“All our work is about freedom.” The universe of Christo and Jeanne-Claude Discover Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the artist duo who were born on the same day, met in Paris, fell in love, and became a unique creative partnership that took...

Temporary Projects, Eternal Impressions. The XXL exploration, now in a condensed handbook The works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are monuments of transience. Gigantic in scale, they are always temporary, created to exist only for a ...

Modern by Tradition. A survey of Japan’s contemporary architecture scene The contemporary architecture of Japan has long been among the most inventive in the world, recognized for sustainability and infinite creativity. No fewer th...

Bringing It All Back Home. The Dylan breakthrough portfolio Daniel Kramer’s classic Bob Dylan portfolio captures the artist’s transformative “big bang” year of 1964–65. Over the course of a year and a day, K...

Portrait of an Artist. A comprehensive chronicle of David Hockney’s life and work Pop artist, painter of modern life, landscape painter, master of color, explorer of image and perception — for six decades, David Hockney has b...

Brilliant Plumage. An unsurpassed monument in the history of scientific illustration Edward Lear may be best known for his nonsense verse, but in his early years he excelled as an illustrator of birds and reptiles. This set of 42 hand-co...

Twisted Brilliance. Obsessive, radical, disturbing: Egon Schiele With his revolutionary and liberated view of the naked body and sexuality, Egon Schiele emphatically wrote himself into the history of art at the beginning of the last century. Even ...

Craft one of the most original artists of our time into 3D! Intricate patterns, elegant geometries, and mind-boggling graphics are trademarks of the magical visual world of Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972).   Mysterious and mathematica...

Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colours, and distorted perspectives are classic hallmarks of Expressionism, the twentieth-century movement that prioritized emotion over objective reality.  Though particularly present in Germany and Austria...

Fashion Masterclass. Defining design of the 20th and 21st centuries From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century’s worth of fashion greats f...

Into the Night. All you need to know about Film Noir Explore the dark and brooding elegance of Film Noir with this essential handbook to the genre, exploring key noir themes and their most representative movies. Copiously illustrated with film sti...

Tearing Things Up. The radical gestures of Lucio Fontana Italian artist Lucio Fontana literally tore the art establishment apart. Trained as a sculptor, he combined form and colour in radical spatial gestures, most famously his slashed canvases of...

Home Sweet Home. A remarkable photographic exploration of life on Earth Frans Lanting’s photographs are a striking exploration of existence on Earth. The renowned wildlife photographer journeyed across the globe to capture these images of bo...

A Legacy in Stone. Castles and fortresses of medieval Europe Follow photographer Frédéric Chaubin as he embarks on a unique, century-spanning journey through Europe. Featuring images of more than 200 buildings in 21 co...