Author: Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Tasche
Keywords: architecture, world, years, last, forms, new
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1997-03-01
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 3822885797
ISBN-13: 9783822885796

This illustrated volume presents an interpretation of contemporary architecture, featuring some of the most impressive constructions of the 1990s. The interplay between architecture and art is featured, as well as the increasing influence of economic, environmental and technological change.

Author: Kyoto Costume Institute Kyoto Costume Instit
Publisher: Tasche
Keywords: century, history, fashion
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 2002-09-01
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 3822812064
ISBN-13: 9783822812068

A person’s clothing is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality or even religion. This text shows how our ancestors dressed, considers the amazing accomplishments of contemporary fashion and shows how our descendants may dress in the distant future as clothing design evolves.

Author: Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Tasche
Keywords: german, french, english, architecture
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2004-11-17
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 3822829358
ISBN-13: 9783822829356

The pulse of architecture in the world today As always, TASCHEN is doing its best to keep up with the fast paced world of architecture by continually producing guides to the world’s best designers and projects. For the third volume of our Architecture Now! series, we’ve included many new and exciting names as well as recent projects by perennial favorites. Illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses.

Authors:Marianne Barrucand, Achim Bednorz,
Publisher: Tasche
Keywords: anniversary, series, 25th, taschen, architecture, andalusia, moorish
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 3822831034
ISBN-13: 9783822831038

Spain owes its special historical position in Europe very largely to his intensive encounter with the Orient. In the summer of 710, a small force under the command of a Berber named Tarîf ibn Mâlik landed to the west of Gibraltar. The Islamic armies that followed in its wake succeeded in conquering large areas of Spain within a short span of years. The conquerors gave the country the name of "al-andalus." Thus began a period of cultural permeation that was to last for almost 800 years. In spite of intolerance and animosity, there developed between Muslims, Christians, and Jews a shared cultu

Author: Dian Hanso
Publisher: Tasche
Keywords: breasts, book
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $59.99
ISBN-10: 3822833037
ISBN-13: 9783822833032

Say no to silicone: The greatest natural breasts of our times Some call it the American obsession, but men everywhere recognize the hypnotic allure of a large and shapely breast. In The Big Book of Breasts, Dian Hanson explores the origins of mammary madness through three decades of natural big-breasted nudes. Starting with the World War II Bosom-Mania that spawned Russ Meyer, Howard Hughes’s The Outlaw and Frederick’s of Hollywood, Dian guides you over, around, and in between the dangerous curves of infamous models including Michelle Angelo, Candy Barr, Virginia Bell, Joan Brinkman, Lorrain

Authors:Jim Heimann, Steven Heller,
Publisher: Tasche
Keywords: american, ads, 70s
Number of Pages: 701
Published: 2004-07-20
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 382281265X
ISBN-13: 9783822812655

Discofunkalicious Both eclipsed and influenced by television, American print ads of the 1970s departed from the bold, graphic forms and subtle messages that were typical of their sixties counterparts. More literal, more in-your-face, 70s ads sought to capture the attention of a public accustomed to blaring, to-the-point TV commercials (even VW ads, known for their witty, ironic statements and minimalist designs, lost some of their punch in the 1970s). All was not lost, though; as ads are a sign of the times, racial and ecological awareness crept into everything from cigarette to car advertisem

Author: Christof Thoene
Publisher: Tasche
Keywords: art, basic, raphael
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 3822822035
ISBN-13: 9783822822036

Influenced by his contemporaries Michelangelo and Leonardo, Raphael Santi (1483-1520) became, in his own right, one of the most important artists of the High Renaissance. Though Raphael painted many important works in his Florence period, including his famous Madonnas, it was his mature work in Rome that cemented his place in history, most notably the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican featuring his School of Athens and Triumph of Religion murals. This overview traces the life’s work of this Renaissance master who achieved the height of greatness in only two decades of creation and wh