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Books - Hotels & Resorts, Uncategorized
Great Escapes Italy The Hotel Book
To travel through Italy is as close as one gets to being in paradise. For centuries, writers, artists, architects, and merchants have been drawn here, inspired by the beauty of Venice, Florence, Naples, and Rome. Countless books, paintings, poems, and sculptures are evidence of its undying appeal, and over the past 60 years, the country has become one of the world’s top travel and holiday destinations. The loveliness of Italy is, if not eternal, certainly enduring, and the easygoing and relaxed Italian lifestyle is still unrivaled.
Great Escapes Italy 2020 Edition
Angelika Taschen
Hardcover, 23.8 x 30.2 cm, 360 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-7805-9
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1 werkdagSKU: 9783836578059 -
Books - Hotels & Resorts
Great Escapes Mediterranean The Hotel Book
Angelika Taschen set out in search of the most beautiful hotels on a great variety of coasts, islands and beaches, taking you on a journey to the luxurious Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc and the ultra-chic Les Roches Rouges on the Côte d’Azur, to the little-known Pardini’s Hermitage on the Italian island of Giglio, which is only accessible by boat or on foot, and to Bodrum in Turkey, where the elegant Amanruya resort lies hidden in one of the most stunning bays in the Mediterranean. She also presents new hotel concepts, great architecture and creative design – for example the finca Menorca Experimental on the Balearic Islands, the modernist Villa Dubrovnik in Croatia and Dexamenes on the Peloponnese, where new life was breathed into decommissioned wine tanks.
Great Escapes Mediterranean The Hotel Book 2020 Edition
Angelika Taschen
Hardcover, 23.8 x 30.2 cm,
2.41 kg, 360 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-7809-7
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 5-7 werkdagenSKU: 9783836578097 -
Books - Hotels & Resorts
Great Escapes Yoga The Retreat Book
Looking for a vacation that leaves you relaxed, restored, and uplifted? In this gorgeous updated guide, Angelika Taschen gathers the most exquisite and inspirational yoga retreats around the world, from an exotic luxury hotel in Bhutan to a spiritual ashram in India, a beach resort in Mexico to a tucked-away treasure in Brazil’s tropical forests.
Great Escapes Yoga. The Retreat Book, 2020 Edition
Angelika Taschen
Hardcover, 23.8 x 30.2 cm, 2.41 kg, 360 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-8213-1
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836582131 -
Books - Media
Greek Myths Taschen
Greek legends as illustrated classics for young and old
The Greek myths are timeless classics, whose scenes and figures have captivated us since ancient times. The gods and heroes of these legends hold up a mirror to the human condition, embodying universal characteristics and truths – whether it be the courage of Perseus, the greed of Midas, the vaulting ambition of Icarus, the vengeance of Medea, or the hubris of Niobe. These traits are the basis for immortal dramas and rich narratives, as profound as they are entertaining, which form the bedrock of our culture and literature today and remain relevant and fascinating for all readers, young and old alike.
This edition contains 47 tales based on the most famous episodes in Greek mythology, from Prometheus, the Argonauts, and Theseus to the Trojan War and Homer’s Odyssey. The individual texts are selected from the seminal work Sagen des klassischen Altertums (Legends of Classical Antiquity) by Gustav Schwab (1792–1850), and strikingly illustrated by 29 artists, among them outstanding representatives of the Golden Age of Book Illustration and the Arts and Crafts Movement, including Walter Crane (1845–1915), Arthur Rackham (1867–1939), William Russell Flint (1880–1969), and Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900–1930).
These illustrations are complemented by scene-setting vignettes for each story and a genealogical tree of Greek gods and goddesses by Clifford Harper, commissioned especially for this volume. Placing the tales in context, the book contains a historical introduction by Dr. Michael Siebler and is rounded off with biographies of all featured artists as well as an extensive glossary of ancient Greece’s most famous protagonists. The heroism, tragedy, and theater of Greek mythology glimmer through each tale in this lavishly illustrated edition, awakening the gods and heroes to new life.
Hardcover, quarter-bound, 20.5 x 25.6 cm,
1.44 kg, 336 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-8472-2
Edition: English
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836584722 -
Books - Architecture & Interior
Green Architecture Taschen
The most exciting new buildings today are almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume less energy than ever before. Discover the best examples of green projects from the Architecture Now! series in this handy Bibliotheca Universalis edition.
Celebrated architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster are presented alongside young up-and-coming creators from all over the world. Filled with plans, renderings of proposed projects, and stunning architectural photography, this is nothing short of an encyclopedia of eco-design.
From a water treatment facility to an art museum, luxurious holiday homes to commercial structures, these buildings all make a bold environmental statement. Being “green” means being aware of the responsibility in the construction and use of modern buildings; some solutions are as old as the history of architecture, while others are born of cutting-edge technologies. Explore these approaches and many more in this groundbreaking collection showcasing 100 of the world’s most innovative eco-friendly buildings.
Green Architecture
Philip Jodidio
Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm,
1.21 kg, 624 pages
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836522205 -
Books - Photography, Limited Editions, New Arrivals
Helmut Newton Baby Sumo Taschen
Helmut Newton (1920–2004) always showed a healthy disdain for the easy or predictable, so it’s no surprise that the SUMO was an irresistible project. The idea of a book the size of a private exhibition, with spectacular images reproduced to state-of-the-art origination and printing standards, emerged from an experimental dialogue between photographer and publisher. With the SUMO weighing in—boxed and shrink-wrapped—at 35.4 kg (just under 80 pounds), Newton created a landmark book that stood head and shoulders above anything previously attempted, both in terms of conceptual extravagance and technical specifications.
SKU: 9783836582216 -
Books - Art
Hieronymus Bosch Complete Works Taschen
A bird-monster devouring sinners, naked bodies in tantric contortions, a pair of ears brandishing a sharpened blade: with just 20 paintings and nine drawings to his name, Netherlandish visionary Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516) secured his place as a pillar of art history. To this day, the painter par excellence of hell and its demons continues to puzzle and enthrall scholars, artists, designers, and musicians alike.
Based on the best-selling XXL edition, which saw TASCHEN commission new and exclusive photography of details and recently restored works, this large-scale monograph presents Bosch’s complete oeuvre. Texts from art historian and Bosch expert Stefan Fischer dissect the many compelling elements that populate each scene, from hybrid creatures of man and beast to Bosch’s pictorial use of proverbs and idioms. By tying together the elusive threads of his oeuvre into one exhaustive overview, this book reveals just what it was about Bosch and his painting that proved so immensely influential.
Uitgeverij: Taschen
Taal: Engels
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Verschijningsdatum: 020
Afmetingen: 25 x 34 cm
Aantal pagina’s: 300 pagina’sVoorraad: nee
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagen
SKU: 9783836578691 -
Books - Art
Hokusai Taschen
Hokusai Maximus
The most distinguished artist of Edo-period Japan, explored like never beforeAt the age of six, Hokusai was said to have painted his first picture, and a year after his death aged 89, his designs for illustrated books were posthumously published. Tracing a long, prolific career, this edition spans each of the artist’s creative phases: from the actor portraits with which Hokusai started out to the 1,300 designs carried out in his final years under the name Manji.
Reproducing 746 woodblock prints, paintings, sketches, and book illustrations, many of them in granular detail, this volume is comfortably the most complete publication on perhaps Japan’s most famous artist. Hokusai’s wide appeal as the recognizable figure of Japan’s Edo period endures to this day: in March 2023, a version of his iconic woodblock print Under the Wave off Kanagawa (or The Great Wave), from his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, was auctioned for 2.76 million US dollars.
Looking far beyond The Great Wave, this monograph features both familiar and lesser known, rarely reprinted artworks. Entitled The (almost) complete Hokusai, it offers an unmatched variety of subjects and techniques: from a landscape of the Kirifuri Waterfall to large-format maps of the Tōkaidō and Kisokaidō roads and the Bōsō Peninsula; spreads of illustrated books, from his sensual, imaginative erotica (shunga) to drawing manuals such as the fifteen-volume Hokusai manga; and several depictions of animals, from his various woodblock print series on birds and flowers to his later hanging scroll paintings of ducks amidst a flowing stream and a tiger suspended in the snow.
Hokusai
Hardcover, clothbound, available in green or purple, with ribbon bookmark, 2
9 x 39.5 cm, 6.95 kg, 722 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-9188-1
Edition: Multilingual (English, French, German)SKU: 9783836591881 -
Books - Architecture & Interior
Homes for Our Time. Contemporary Houses around the World. 3
These extraordinary homes accentuate the cosmopolitan designs of such architectural talents as Gurjit Matharoo from India, Mohamed Amine Siana from Morrocco, and Mariko Mori from Japan. Building private houses, which can sometimes be quite small, they demonstrate creativity and technological inventiveness, shaping the architecture of tomorrow.
Gebonden
INT Engels, Frans, Duits
488 pagina’s
Formaat: 246 x 372 mm
ISBN: 978-3-8365-9449-3
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836594493 -
Books - Media
Information Graphics Taschen
Our everyday lives are filled with a massive flow of information that we must interpret in order to understand the world we live in. Considering the complex variety of data floating around us, sometimes the best—or even only—way to communicate is visually. This unique book presents a fascinating perspective on the subject, highlighting the work of the masters of the profession, creators of breakthroughs that have changed the way we communicate. Information Graphics has been conceived and designed not just for graphics professionals, but for anyone interested in the history and practice of communicating visually.
The in-depth introductory section, illustrated with over 60 images (each accompanied by an explanatory caption), features essays by Sandra Rendgen, Paolo Ciuccarelli, Richard Saul Wurman, and Simon Rogers. Looking back all the way to primitive cave paintings as a means of communication, this section gives readers an excellent overview of the subject. The second part of the book is entirely dedicated to contemporary works by today’s most renowned professionals, presenting 200 graphics projects, with over 400 examples—each with a fact sheet and an explanation of methods and objectives—divided into chapters by the topics Location, Time, Category, and Hierarchy.
Hardcover with poster,
21 x 31.5 cm,
2.42 kg, 480 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-8383-1
Edition: Multilingual (English, French, German)
Leverbaar: ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836583831 -
Books - Media
Joan Blaeu Atlas Maior of 1665 Taschen
Superlatives tend to fail in describing Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior—that being said, it stands as one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. The original Latin edition, completed in 1665, was the largest and most expensive book to be published during the 17th century. Its 594 maps appearing across 11 volumes spanned Arctica, Africa, Asia, Europe, and America. Ambitious in scale and artistry, it is included in the Canon of Dutch History, an official survey of 50 individuals, creations, or events that chart the most important historical developments of the Netherlands.
Hardcover,
Formaat: 24.7 x 37.5 cm,
Gewicht: 4.13 kg,
512 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-3803-9
Edition: Multilingual (English, French, German)
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836538039 -
Books - Photography
Linda McCartney The Polaroid Diaries Taschen
Following her best-selling TASCHEN monograph Life in Photographs, discover a more intimate and highly personal side of Linda McCartney’s photographic work in The Polaroid Diaries.
The collection focuses on McCartney’s distinctive way of seeing the world and her family, through charming and quirky portraits of Paul McCartney and the couple’s four children. We see them pulling faces and in matching pajamas. We see James pouring water on himself, and Mary and Stella playing dress-up. There’s dancing, eating, horse riding, and countless moments of everyday life on their farm in Southern England.
As Paul says in the introduction: “She would just see things. Many of her photos, it’s just that one click. You’ve got to recognise when a great photo is happening in front of you. And then you’ve got to snap it at exactly the right moment… And she did that so many times that it always impressed me.” The Polaroid Diaries curates more than 200 of these “right” moments from the early 1970s until the mid-1990s, along with a foreword by Chrissie Hynde and an essay by art critic Ekow Eshun.
The book also features luminous landscapes across Scotland and Arizona, as well as the odd celebrity, as the likes of Steve McQueen and Adam Ant wander into the frame. Other pictures attest to her love of animals, with compassionate images of cats, lambs, horses, and hens. It’s a pre-Instagram glimpse into the life of an extraordinary family, a celebration of Linda’s legacy as a fiercely committed artist and of the instant magic of Polaroid film.
Linda McCartney, Ekow Eshun, Reuel Golden
Hardcover, 26 x 26 cm, 232 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-5811-2
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836558112 -
Books - Architecture & Interior
Living in Japan. 40th Ed.Taschen
So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it’s nearly impossible to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding fresh approaches to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Whether it’s a pristinely preserved traditional house or a sleek modern apartment, the best Japanese homes share a love of cleverly designed spaces and warm materials like wood, brick, and bamboo.
Enriched by 170 brand new, unpublished photographs, this edition takes you on breathtaking journey through the Land of the Rising Sun—complete with a list of addresses, should you wish to undertake this journey to Japan’s most fascinating inns and homes yourself. An insightful glossary of key terms, such as tatami, shoji, and noren, will also help you come to grips with all elements of Japan’s unique aesthetic of Eastern minimalism.
Living in Japan. 40th Ed.
Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.09 kg, 480 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-8843-0
Edition: Multilingual (English, French, German)
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836588430 -
Books - Architecture & Interior
Modern Architecture A–Z Taschen XL
An encyclopedia of modern architecture
With almost 300 entries, this architectural A to Z offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. Covering modern architecture from the 19th into the 21st century, pioneering architects are each featured with a portrait and a concise biography, as well as a description of his or her important work.
Like a bespoke global architecture tour, this book will allow you to travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Antoni Gaudí’s Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi’s sports and leisure center on a former factory site in São Paulo. You’ll take in Gio Ponti’s colored geometries, Zaha Hadid’s free-flowing futurism, the luminous interiors of SANAA, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s unique blend of Scottish tradition and elegant japonisme.
The book’s A to Z entries also cover groups, movements, and styles to position these leading individual architects within broader building trends across time and geography, including International Style, Bauhaus, De Stijl, and much more. With illustrations including some of the best architectural photography of the modern era, this is a comprehensive resource for any architecture professional, student, or devotee.
Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 4.18 kg, 672 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-8316-9
Edition: English
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 978383658316 -
Books - Art
Monet The Triumph of Impressionism Taschen
No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840–1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cézanne called “only an eye, but my God what an eye!” who stayed true to the principle of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation, painting directly from the object.
It could be said that Monet reinvented the possibilities of color. Whether it was through his early interest in Japanese prints, his time as a conscript in the dazzling light of Algeria, or his personal acquaintance with the major painters of the late 19th century, the work Monet produced throughout his long life would change forever the way we perceive both the natural world and its attendant phenomena. The high point of his explorations was the late series of water lilies, painted in his own garden at Giverny, which, in their approach toward almost total formlessness, are really the origin of abstract art.
This biography does full justice to this most remarkable and profoundly influential artist, and offers numerous reproductions and archive photos alongside a detailed and insightful commentary.
Daniel Wildenstein
Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 2.39 kg, 588 pages
ISBN 9783836590839
Edition: English
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836590839 -
Books - Sport & Golf, Limited Editions
Neil Leifer Boxing – 60 Years of Fights and Fighters
Neil Leifer took his first important boxing photo from a five-dollar seat at Yankee Stadium. The year was 1959 and Leifer, aged 16, captured Floyd Patterson versus Ingemar Johansson in the ring in the center of the stadium, dramatically floodlit and surrounded by mesmerized crowds. The picture was granular, shot from a distance with a $ 75 Yashica-Mat, “a poor man’s Rolleiflex,” but it had the unmistakable Leifer touch—powerful, nuanced, and adept at finding openings others would never see.
Neil Leifer. Boxing. 60 Years of Fights and Fighters
Edition of 1,000
Neil Leifer, Gay Talese, Gabriel Schechter
Hardcover in slipcase, 36 x 38.7 cm, 8.70 kg, 424 pages
ISBN 89
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836584951 -
Books - Photography
Norman Mailer. MoonFire. Ausgabe zum 50. Jahrestag (Deutsch Ausgabe)
„Der Adler ist gelandet“
50 Jahre Mondlandung – Mailers Moonfire neu aufgelegtEr gilt als der wichtigste historische Augenblick des 20. Jahrhunderts: Am 20. Juli 1969 lösten Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin und Michael Collins ein Versprechen ein, das John F. Kennedy 1961 vor dem Kongress in Washington abgegeben hatte – noch vor dem Ende des Jahrzehnts einen Amerikaner auf dem Mond landen zu lassen. Jahre fieberhafter Arbeit, ein Stab von 400.000 Ingenieuren und Wissenschaftlern, ein Etat von 24 Milliarden Dollar und die gewaltigste Rakete, die je auf Erden gezündet worden war, ermöglichten schließlich ein noch nie da gewesenes Schauspiel, das von Millionen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt gebannt verfolgt wurde. Und niemand erzählte dieses spektakuläre Abenteuer besser als Norman Mailer.
Als Großmeister der literarischen Reportage war Norman Mailer von der Zeitschrift LIFE beauftragt worden, über den Flug zum Mond in einer dreiteiligen Essayserie zu berichten – für ein dem Anlass angemessen fürstliches Honorar. Mailer, der über einen elektronischen Schaltkreis genauso packend schreiben konnte wie über die gesellschaftlichen Hintergründe eines Ereignisses und die Psychologie der beteiligten Akteure (die eigenen Befindlichkeiten stets eingeschlossen), gelang mit Auf dem Mond ein Feuer ein furioses Meisterwerk, das brillante Porträt einer Epoche, ihrer Obsessionen und ihres größten Spektakels.
Illustriert wird diese Jubiläumsausgabe von Moonfire mit Hunderten von Fotografien und Plänen aus dem Fundus der NASA, aus Zeitschriftenarchiven und Privatsammlungen. Das Vorwort schrieb der Schriftsteller Colum McCann, führende Apollo-11-Experten steuerten die Bildlegenden bei, die die Geschichten hinter den Bildern erzählen und technische Details erläutern.
Norman Mailer. MoonFire. Ausgabe zum 50. Jahrestag
Hardcover mit Ausklappseiten, 27 x 32.6 cm, 2.88 kg, 348 Seiten
ISBN 978-3-8365-7114-2
Ausgabe: DeutschSKU: 9783836571142 -
Books - Photography
Peter Lindbergh. On Fashion Photography 40th Ed. Taschen
Follow Peter Lindbergh across four decades of pioneering fashion photography. Through countless collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion, the German photographer created new narratives with his humanist approach, which resulted in iconic shots at once introspective and appealing. This book features more than 300 images, many previously unpublished, as well as an updated introduction in which Lindbergh establishes his sentiment on “so-called fashion photography”.
Peter Lindbergh. On Fashion Photography. 40th Ed.
Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.26 kg, 512 Seiten
ISBN 9783836582506
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836582506 -
Books - Architecture & Interior
Piano Complete Works 1966–Today Taschen
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 architecture world upside down.” Since then, he has continued to craft such iconic cultural spaces as the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago and, more recently, the Whitney Museum of American Art, an asymmetric nine-story structure in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District with both indoor and outdoor galleries. In London, the Piano touch has also transformed the skyline with the Shard.
At the age of 84, the Italian maestro retains all of his enthusiasm and kindness—and his recent roster is more impressive than ever. As he confided to the author, “I think at a certain age, one can discover that there is what the French call the ‘fil rouge,’ a kind of red thread that relates one building to another over time. In my case, I believe it is about lightness and the art of building.” From freshly built museums in Athens and Santander; ongoing works in Lisbon, London, Toronto, and Geneva; to such humanitarian projects as the Emergency Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, Uganda, and the Children’s Hospice in Bologna, Italy, Piano’s career is a thrilling journey through the beauty and very essence of architecture.
Based on the massive XXL monograph, this widely updated edition brings the architect’s definitive career overview to an accessible format and is illustrated by photographs, sketches, and plans.
Piano Complete Works 1966–Today – 2021 Edition
Renzo Piano, Philip Jodidio
Hardcover, 22.8 x 28.9 cm, 3.50 kg, 704 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-7763-2
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Leverbaar: JA
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836577632 -
Books - Exclusive Cars
Rainer W. Schlegelmilch. Porsche Racing Moments
Life in the fastest lane
25 years of Porsche Racing through the lens of Rainer W. SchlegelmilchIn 1962, Rainer W. Schlegelmilch had his first experience of motorsport – the 1,000 km at the Nürburgring – and it was this that sparked a lifelong passion for both Porsche and racing that still burns today.
Beginning in 1963, this wholly captivating collection of breathtaking shots transports you to another time and another world, taking you on a journey through the history of Porsche endurance racing, from Le Mans to Monza, via the Targa Florio and Spa-Francorchamps. And with his own words accompanying the pictures, Schlegelmilch shows and tells fascinating stories from track and trackside.
Naturally, the cars are the heroes of this book – there’s a genuine love of Porsche cars on these pages, a real admiration in pictures for each evolution of the legendary designs. From the purpose-built prototypes of the mid-60s – the 550, 718, RS and RSK models – followed by the more powerful 907 and 908, and through to arguably the most iconic racing car designs of all time, the 917, the 962 and of course the ageless 911, this is Schlegelmilch’s pictorial love letter to his own “Porsche Racing Moments”.
Rainer W. Schlegelmilch. Porsche Racing Moments
Hardcover, 36 x 30.3 cm, 4.04 kg, 356 pages
ISBN 978-3-7544-0133-0
Edition: EnglishSKU: 9783754401330 -
Books - Art
Rembrandt. The Complete Paintings Taschen
Rembrandt’s complete painted oeuvre
The Dutch Golden Age’s genius in XL resolutionThe Dutch Golden Age of painting spawned some of history’s greatest artists and artisans, but few can boast the genius and legacy of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606–1669). Despite never leaving his native Netherlands, Rembrandt projected his oeuvre past the boundaries of his own experience, producing some of art’s most diverse and impactful works across portraiture, biblical, allegorical, landscape, and genre scenes. In all their forms, Rembrandt’s paintings are built of intricacies—the totality of each subtle facial wrinkle, gaze, or figure amounting to an emotional force that stands unmatched among his contemporaries and artistic progeny alike.
Each work is imbued with feeling. Biblical scenes, like Bathsheba at her Bath, become vehicles for meditations on human longing, probing depths beyond that which is canonized in scripture or depicted in other representations. His portraits, be them of wealthy patrons or tradesmen, communicate the essence of an individual through fine demarcations, their faces bathed in an ethereal light against darkened earthtones. Perhaps most striking, his series of self-portraits is a triumph of the medium; beginning in his youth and spanning until a year prior to his death, Rembrandt’s self portraiture is an intimate glimpse into his lifelong process of self-reflection.
This XL monograph compiles all 330 of Rembrandt’s paintings in stunning reproductions. From Belshazzar’s Feast to The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, we discover Rembrandt’s painted oeuvre like never before.
Rembrandt. The Complete Paintings
Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 4.12 kg, 744 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-9905-4
Edition: GermanSKU: 9783836599054 -
Books - Photography
Remote Experiences. Extraordinary Travel Adventures from North to South Taschen
Travel adventures from north to south
Remote Experiences is the visual account of the extraordinary journeys of photographer David De Vleeschauwer through the world’s most uncharted territories. In pursuit of the best of travel, he has been passionately exploring the world for more than two decades. Focused on 12 unexpected destinations, it wanders from north to south, with the ease of well-seasoned explorers. Its photographic reportage brings to life an eclectic collection of memories. He ventures to paradise-like, off-the-radar forgotten kingdoms with ancient Buddhist outposts in the foothills of the Himalayas and traces the footsteps of pilgrims and sheepherds in Italy. From the plains of Botswana to the outer realms of Antarctica aboard a superyacht icebreaker, this unique guide outlines its own geography of the world. Along the way, we meet individuals, landscapes and even vessels that become the serendipitous heroes of these wondrous adventures. De Vleeschauwer’s shared experiences depict a world where the foreign becomes familiar, the isolated accessible. In our digital, overly consumptive age people want a true sense of place, which might be rugged, refined, or rural.
Complete with travel accounts and detailed descriptions of trips that range in price from an affordable 250 euros to an ambitious one million euros, Remote Experiences takes its readers on an unforgettable voyage to those overlooked or sometimes forgotten spaces “where time stands still”, encouraging us to do just that—until we take to the road again…
Remote Experiences Extraordinary Travel Adventures from North to South
Hardcover, 23.8 x 30.2 cm, 2.63 kg, 424 pages
ISBN 9783836586023
Edition: English
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836586023 -
Books - Photography
San Francisco Portrait of a City Taschen
An epic pictorial history of the City by the Bay
Starting with an early picture of a gang of badass gold prospectors who put this beautiful Northern California city on the map, this ambitious and immersive photographic history of San Francisco takes a winding tour through the city from the mid–nineteenth century to the present day.
This book features hundreds of newly found images from dozens of archives including museums, universities, libraries, galleries, private collections, and historical societies, from 19th-century daguerreotypes to mid-century Kodachromes to 21st-century digital pictures. Master photographers include, among others: Stephen Shore, Imogen Cunningham, Fred Lyon, Steve Schapiro, Minor White, Dorothea Lange, Albert Watson, Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand, William Claxton, Fred Herzog, Ansel Adams, Jim Marshall, and many local shooters. Also includes introductory essays and captions by Bay Area–based author Richie Unterberger and a “Best of San Francisco” books, music, and movies section and biographies of the photographers. Tony Bennett famously sang, “I left my heart in San Francisco,” and this meticulously researched and conceived portrait will equally inspire and make you fall in love with the spirit of the City by the Bay.
San Francisco. Portrait of a City
Author: Richie Unrweberger
Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 3.98 kg, 480 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-7485-3
Multilingual Edition: English, French, GermanLevertijd: 1-2 werkdagen
SKU: 9783836574853 -
Books - Photography
Sebastião Salgado GENESIS
Een monumentale uitgave over onze planeet in zijn natuurlijke toestand: Salgado’s magnum opus. In tegenstelling tot de Collector’s Edition die is vormgegeven als een grootformaat portfolio dat over de planeet meandert, toont deze handelseditie een andere selectie foto’s die geografisch in vijf hoofdstukken zijn verdeeld: Planet South, Sanctuaries, Africa, Northern Spaces, Amazonia en Pantanal. Hoewel ze afkomstig zijn uit hetzelfde oeuvre hebben de twee boeken een heel andere benadering. Beide boeken zijn echter een eerbetoon aan Salgado’s prachtige en onovertroffen Genesis-project. De foto’s zullem de komende jaren in verschillende musea in dedwereld tentoongesteld worden.
Lelia Salgado
ISBN: 9783836538725
Gebonden, 520 pagina’s
234 x 355 mm
Taal: Engels
Leverbaar: Ja
Levertijd: 1-2 werkdagenSKU: 9783836538725
