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Representing the ultimate publication on the music photography of Anton Corbijn, one of the most important photographers and directors working toda...

Antoni Gaudi is one of history's most recognized and beloved architects and designers. His masterpiece, the still-uncompleted Sagrada Familia, is o...

Hired in 1976 by Francis Ford Coppola as the still photographer for his masterpiece Apocalypse Now, Chas Gerretsens private archive of hundreds of ...

The Palace of the Republic was opened in 1976 to house East Germany's parliament and to provide a cultural and historical center for the public to ...

This is the story of two best friendsArt and Joyand how they overcome the insidious Art Bully that criticizes their creative endeavors. Danielle ...

The Art Deco style is so recognisable and widespread that its original impact on the culture in which it emerged has been all but lost in the clutt...

This new addition to Prestel's successful 50s series focuses on Art Deco, an artistic movement that originated in France after World War I and spre...

From Michelangelo to Picasso, art history is filled with stories of spectacular forgeries that have stumped the greatest scholars of their time. It...

The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almos...

The heyday of the Art Nouveau style was relatively short, spanning the decades immediately before and after 1900. However it was a tremendously imp...

Big art for little hands, these enchanting acti vity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plen...

Drawing from centuries of artistic and literary traditions from around the world, this gorgeous bedtime book pairs works of art with poems and shor...

This highly original and personal exploration of Tadao Ando''s work, one of Japan''s leading architects, traverses both the physical and spiritual ...

Working between the 1960s and early 1990s, the artists profiled in this compendium represent a broad cross section of L.A.'s art scene. With nearly...

The work of this important sculptor, spokesperson, and teacher is seen from a variety of cultural perspectives in this book, which draws upon the a...

Young Canadian photographer Petra Collins is leading the way in a contemporary girl power revolution that proves feminism and sexuality aren't mutu...

The most wide-ranging and up-to-date volume available on the enigmatic and controversial graffiti artist, this deeply researched and highly persona...

Told in classic comic-book form, this graphic biography invites a new audience to learn about Banksy-and uses a pitch-perfect medium to convey the ...

At once conceptual and decorative, Barbara Takenaga's swirling, patterned paintings have been called psychedelic and cosmic. Takenaga's approach to...

Basquiat first came to prominence when he collaborated with Al Diaz to spray-paint enigmatic statements under the pseudonym SAMO©. From there he we...

Focusing on buildings designed by Bauhaus members from 1919 to 1933, this book features some 65 famous and lesser-known building projects in German...

Established in 1919 in Weimar, the Bauhaus college for design influenced one of the world's most important Modernist movements. Divided into three ...