Explore the social and cultural history of 100 of the world's most important cities. From the first towns in Mesopotamia to today's global metropolises, cities have marked the progress of civilisation. Written in the form of illustrated "biographies", Great Cities offers a rich historical overview of each featured city, brought to vivid life with paintings, photographs, timelines, maps, and...

This beautifully illustrated book is a style bible for anyone interested in design and the home. It is arranged into ten distinct chapters, each one concentrating upon a specific interior style or theme. Each chapter is illustrated with ten evocative houses or flats, whose aesthetic essence is captured within an opening double-page spread concentrating on the most spectacular space in the...

One of the common features of communist regimes is the use of art for revolutionary means. Posters in particular have served as beacons of propaganda – vehicles of coercion, instruction, censure and debate – in every communist nation. They have promoted the authority of state and revolution, but have also been used as an effective means of protest. This is the first truly global survey of the...

Bogato ilustrowany album w języku niemieckim przedstawiający najpiękniejsze zabytki i zakątki Polski. 

The Singing Earth is a collection of musical adventure stories from Grammy-winning producer, composer, and writer Barrett Martin. The book chronicles Martin's musical work in 14 different musical regions, across 6 continents, over the course of 30 years. It starts with his involvement in the 1990's Seattle music scene, and then explores song lines and sea trails in Australia and New Zealand;...

DAS GOLDENE BUCH WARSCHAU z opisami Taray Łozińskiej to kolejna pozycja znanej serii prezentującej piękno Polski. Popularna na całym świecie Złota Księga jest ceniona za wysokiej jakości fotografie, które pokazują najważniejsze zabytki, wspaniałe, uchwycone w oryginalnych ujęciach detale, i najpiękniejsze miejsca warte obejrzenia.

Open house. Tour the world's most exceptional recent homes The third installment in our popular Architecture Now! Houses series incles 60 of the most dramatic new residences around the world. See the extraordinary House Turtle designed by the artists Carsten Höller and Marcel Odenbach in Biriwa, Ghana; visit Tadao Ando’s dramatic House in Monterrey, Mexico, or take off to see...

Bogato ilustrowany album w języku niemieckim przedstawiający najpiękniejsze zabytki i zakątki Polski. 

A beautifully designed flexibound edition that comes in a slipcase, this is a first of it’s kind celebration featuring more than 600 examples of the human body as represented in graphic design, this innovative book will appeal to art directors, graphic designers, and design fans. This groundbreaking volume investigates and illuminates a new generation of artists and the ways that they relate...

Ingram and Publishers Weekly bestseller!"This book takes you on a photographic voyage through my life so far." -Keegan AllenKeegan Allen is currently known to fans of the ABC Family hit television series, Pretty Little Liars. He has also appeared in numerous independent films and made his New York Stage debut in the acclaimed MCC production of Small Engine Repair. Keegan was given his...

Encountering the work of Alan Davie (1920-2014) at Wakefield Art Gallery in 1958, a young David Hockney (b.1937) was struck by Davie's landmark Abstract Expressionist paintings, which mirrored and stimulated his own fledgling experimentation with colourful abstraction. Juxtaposing the remarkable early work of two greats of post-war painting, this book provides an original perspective on an...

Warszawa – stolica Polski położona na Mazowszu, na skrzyżowaniu szlaków handlowych i komunikacyjnych. Posiada nie najdłuższą, lecz ciekawą historię. W 20 rozdziałach książki staraliśmy się zawrzeć jak najwięcej wiedzy o tym mieście.

Dieses schöne Buch verbindet die Vorteile des Albums von Kunstfotos und eines ausgezeichneten Reiseführers. Der Verfasser lädt den Lesern zu einer Wanderung durch eins der schönsten Gebiete in Polen – den Küsenlandschaftspark – ein, der knapp ein Viertel von der polnischen Ostseeküste umfasst.

Piękno, tradycja, patriotyzm, historia, rozmach, wiara - tymi słowami można określić Warszawę, jaka wyłania się z albumu "Stolica niezłomna". Tej niezłomnej Warszawy nie pokazują nam warszawiacy - to spojrzenie krakowiaków - fotografa Adama Bujaka oraz wydawcy i grafika Leszka Sosnowskiego. Może dlatego właśnie widzimy stolicę zupełnie inną.

On 17 December 2012 at the former Stasi prison, now the Political Museum in Rostock, the grand opening of the exhibition "Cold War. A brief history of the divided world " took place. The exhibition has been prepared by the Warsaw Branch of the Institute of National Remembrance. The ceremony was attended by Roland Jahn (Headof the BstU), Dr. Volker Höffer (Head of the BstU Branch in Rostock),...

Wersja w języku włoskim. Jedno z największych dzieł mistrza Adama Bujaka, efekt blisko 40 lat pracy rozmiłowanego w krakowskim grodzie artysty, wybór najlepszych spośród tysięcy ujęć, które ma w swoim dorobku. 350 artystycznych fotografii portretuje podwawelski gród o wszystkich porach dnia i roku; oddaje niezwykłość architektury i bogactwo niezliczonych dzieł sztuki królewskiego miasta:...

W albumie zamieszczono zdjęcia najpiękniejszych zakątków Tatr. Jest Giewont przypominający uśpionego rycerza; Krywań wznoszący się nad malowniczymi dolinami, o którym górale po obu stronach granicy śpiewają; są wspaniałe szczyty Gerlach i Łomnica obwołane królami Tatr; Zbójnickie Turnie nawiązujące do legend o tatrzańskich harnasiach; rozległe panoramy pasm górskich; przełęcze, urwiska,...

Vienna is wealthy and conservative city that values and exploits its history. Its inner city is brimful with luscious architectural confectionery, a heritage that is a source of both local pride and thourist revenue. This book explores how five architects - Rudiger Lainer in the Seilergasse penthouse, Hermann Czech in the MAK-Cafe, Driendl & Steixner in the SKALA-Bar, Helmut Richter in...

The American Dream: From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. The 1960s was a period of change in the production, marketing and consumption of prints and the medium attracted a new generation of artists whose attitude towards making art had...

“The death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe. And one is tempted to be of the same opinion when considering Ophelia, Madame Bovary, or Anna Karenina. This concept is also deeply rooted in Far Eastern culture: Buddhism even recommends daily meditation on one’s own death. The Japanese artist Izima Kaoru (*1954 in Kyoto) lets the...