The neglected champions of ImpressionismIt was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was exhibited in April 1874, critic...
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that fl...
The sky’s the limit with 50 ingenious tree houses around the worldThe idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as humanity. In t...
Budapeszt jest z pewnością jedną z najpiękniejszych stolic Europy. Turyści przybywają tu dla monumentalnej architektury i ciekawych muzeów, dla uroku naddunajskich krajobrazów, dla ką...
Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose br...
Sublime stillnessThe king of the contemplative landscapeThe beauty of nature and man s loneliness are dominant themes in the work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). The ...
The world’s greatest magicians from the Middle Ages to the 1950sMagic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics ...
Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska to kraina niemal baśniowa, przystrojona skałami i ruinami warowni – Orlich Gniazd, które niegdyś broniły tego terenu. To także mekka miłośników wspi...
Pioneering designs for affordable postwar homesThe Case Study House program (1945–1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture ...
Clothes define people. A person’s attire, whether it’s a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Founded in 1978, the...
The roaring twenties in BerlinIt was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, of brilliant book design, of the Bauhaus total work of art, of pioneering psychology, of drag balls, cabaret,...
Best of BauhausThe definitive reference work, now in a compact formatIn a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany's Bauhaus school of art and design changed the fa...
Costa Blanca to dla turystów z Polski obszar stosunkowo nieznany. Głównym ośrodkiem słonecznego "Białego Wybrzeża" jest Alicante, historyczne miasto, w średniowieczu należąc...
40 years of era-defining photography, now in an accessible editionWhen Benedikt Taschen asked the most important portrait photographer working today, Annie Leibovitz, to collect her pic...
Przewodnik Kraków. Ucieczki z miasta to zbiór kilkudziesięciu pomysłów na wycieczki po Małopolsc i nie tylko - na pół dnia, na cały dzień i na weekend. Skorzystaj z prop...
Ruszaj w drogę na odkrywanie Londynu!MapBook podpowie Ci, jakich atrakcji nie możesz pominąć! Najciekawsze restauracje, klimatyczne kawiarnie, sklepy godne polcenia i najlepsze kluby w mieści...
The vivid history of the capital of love and photographyA city built on two millennia of history, Paris is entering the third century of its love story with photography.It was on the banks of...
At the vivid intersection of cinematic and graphic design history, this book gathers 250 film posters from the Soviet Union of the 1920s and early 1930s to explore a world of innovative, revolution...
Marzysz, by Twoje fotografie krajobrazu wzbudzały podziw i zazdrość? By wywoływały emocje i niedowierzanie, że można tak pięknie pokazać świat? Oczywiście, aby robić takie zdjęcia, trzeba mie...