From Snow White to Cinderella, Rapunzel to Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm bequeathed a canon of stories which have become literary and childhood classics. ...

A visual journey through Vienna’s dazzling history Vienna combines drama and elegance like no other. For centuries the heart of the Austro-Hungarian ...

The evolution of style from antiquity to 1888 Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was ...

The ultimate travel guide to the USA and Canada To travel in North America is to face a delicious quandary: over these vast spaces with so many riches ...

The fascinating phallus Undressed to impress After the bust out success of The Big Book of Breasts TASCHEN presents the perfect companion, The Big ...

The essential Impressionist No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840–1926) to capture light itself on canvas. ...

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Meet the Renaissance master Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) had already sculpted Pietà and David ...

An illustrated edition of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, with photographs by Steve Schapiro First published in 1963, James Baldwin’s ...

One of the greatest pioneers in the history of architecture Acclaimed as the “father of skyscrapers,” the quintessentially American icon Frank ...