Mario Testino is one of the most successful fashion and portrait photographers. From Copacabana's beaches to Ipanema's baixos, from penthouse to favela via the world's most famous carnival parade - this title presents Testino's love poem to the city that captured his teenage heart, and never let go.

A comprehensive compendium of contemporary art at the beginning of the 21st century.

Post-depression America was in desperate need of a defining iconography that would lift it out of the black and white doldrums, and it came in the form of Gil Elvgren's Technicolor fantasies of the American dream. His technique involved photographing models and then painting them into hyper-reality.

Features a tribute to Helmut Newton, the 20th century's most influential, intriguing and controversial photographer.

Celebrates 500 years of the dazzling visual culture of the world's greatest magicians. Featuring over 1,000 vintage posters, photographs, handbills, and engravings, this book traces the history of magic as a performing art from the 1470s through the post-WWII years.

Images of the century (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) The history of photography began some 150 years ago, but only relatively recently has it been fully recognised as a medium in its own right. Cologne's Museum Ludwig was the first museum of contemporary art to devote a substantial section to international photography. The L. Fritz Gruber collection, from which this book is drawn, ..

Deals with the Divine Proportion, a secret code that rules art, nature, and science; known by many names: Golden Mean, Sacred Cut and Phi are only a few.

The complete works of the great Antoni Gaudi (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Anyone who visits Barcelona today will come across the works of Antoni Gaudi - the architect who has attracted art-lovers from all over the world to Spain, it was here, in the capital of Catalonia, that the famous master of architecture produced nearly all of his works, including villas for the well-to-do ...

In the year 1965, there was no explicit pornography. The man who changed all that was Berth Milton of Stockholm, with his audacious little digest, Private . This title presents the best of Private from 1970 to 1979.

Many great filmmakers like Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita have remained unknown in the West, and musicals and comedies are hardly known outside Asia. This volume illustrates the history of Japanese cinema with posters and photography.

Brings together the two encyclopedic collections of ornament from the 19th century chromo-lithographic tradition: Auguste Racinet's L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875/1888) and M Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877). This book is suitable for artists, historians, art lovers, interior designers and patternmakers.

The Mediterranean is a mythical place, with three continents - Europe, Africa and Asia - and 30 countries sharing its coastline. This title discusses the glamorous Eden Roc on the Cote d'Azur, the stylish Monte Carlo Beach Hotel created by India Mahdavi, the hotel Stella Maris north of Portofino, and Amalfi Coast with its numerous hotels.

Alex Steinweiss, inventor of the record album cover, created thousands of original artworks for jazz, classical, and popular record covers for Columbia, Decca, London, and others, as well as design logos, labels, and adverting material. This title contains the range of Steinweiss' output including many sketches, mock-ups, and comps.

In 2008, Bob Dylan became the first rock and roll artist to be honored with a Pulitzer Prize, for his 'profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power'. This title presents an overview that covers Dylan's career via texts and images.

From Dickensian charm to modern cool, London has it all. This guide features a wide selection of hotels, from classic to designer. It also features boutiques, restaurants, bars, and cafes. It includes a collection of sleeping, eating, and shopping recommendations.

Mark Rothko belongs to the generation of American artists who completely revolutionized the essence of abstract painting. His stylistic evolution, from a figurative visual repertoire to an abstract style rooted in the active relationship of the observer to the painting, embodied the radical vision of a renaissance in painting.

British artist Lucian Freud is widely considered the most important figurative painter. Master portraitist and specialist in nudes, Freud uses impasto to create depth and intensity while restraining his color palate to mostly muted hues. His portraits may be physically unflattering to their subjects, but they are honest, frank, and unapologetic.

Tells how Los Angeles came to be what it is today. Exploring the cultural, political, industrial, and sociological history via the work of myriad photographers, this book examines the city's critical developments ranging from the real estate booms of the 1880s to the uncontrolled urban sprawl of the late 20th century.

From hippie to disco to punk, this look book relives 1970s fashion via clothing advertisements from the decade. It features bell-bottoms and feathered hair mingling with platform shoes, Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dresses and endless amounts of polyester.