Vogue Paris: 100 Years

The best of Japanese graphic poster design, from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics to the Issey Miyake logo This book brings together the best of Japanese graphic poster design--from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics to the creation of the Issey Miyake logo, and from the Osaka Expo to the official poster for the Pan-Pacific Design Congress. Japanese contemporary posters are considered to have started in the mid-'50s, after World War II and following a period of depression, post-militarism and post-autarchy. This new expressive mode was fueled by stimuli from abroad, but it was also a chance to reinterpret traditional themes and colors, bringing them into modernity in refreshing and fruitful ways. In the maze of expressive forms that flourished in Japan during the postwar period, graphic design stands out as a...

The complete works of Hieronymus Bosch A bird-monster devouring sinners, naked bodies in tantric contortions, a pair of ears brandishing a sharpened blade: with just 20 paintings and nine drawings to his name, Netherlandish visionary Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450?1516) secured his place as a pillar of art history. To this day, the painter par excellence of hell and its demons continues to puzzle and enthrall scholars, artists, designers, and musicians alike. Based on the best-selling XXL edition, which saw TASCHEN commission new and exclusive photography of details and recently restored works, this large-scale monograph presents Bosch?s complete oeuvre. Texts from art historian and Bosch expert Stefan Fischer dissect the many compelling elements that populate each scene, from hybrid creatures...

The definitive monograph on Ai Weiwei As his personal circumstances move in constant flux, Ai Weiwei remains a cultural magnet. Renowned for his political activism and social media activity almost as much as for his social interventions, contemporary approach to the readymade, and knowledge of Chinese traditional crafts, Ai?s fame extends throughout and beyond the art world. Drawn from TASCHEN?s limited Collector?s Edition, this monograph explores each of Ai?s career phases up until his release from Chinese custody. It features extensive visual material to trace Ai?s development from his early New York days right through to his recent practice. Focus moments include his international breakthrough in the early 2000s, his porcelain Sunflower Seeds at the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern, his...

Książka przedstawia dzieje polskiej tradycji graficznej prowadzącej do tzw. fenomenu polskiego plakatu, historię, która wiedzie od pierwszych ośrodków drukarskich w Krakowie XVI wieku, narodzin grafiki artystycznej w XVII i XVIII wieku, przez eksperymenty warsztatowe XIX stulecia, modernistyczne przemiany, opisywany na świecie fenomen polskiej grafiki artystycznej okresu międzywojennego i narodziny polskiej szkoły projektowania graficznego w latach 30. XX wieku, aż do polskiej szkoły plakatu w drugiej połowie tegoż stulecia, solidarnościowego affiche brut następnego pokolenia i w końcu rozkwitu młodego, poetyckiego i anarchizującego plakatu przełomu XX i XXI wieku oraz początku XXI wieku. Na przykładzie 1724 reprodukcji prac kilkuset artystów zgromadzonych w kilkunas...