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The Case Study House program is a landmark of American architecture. Its driving force, John Entenza, was a champion of Modernism who gathered some of history's greatest talents, including Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, and Eero Saarinen. This retrospective revisits all 36 prototype homes through comprehensive documentation, photography,...

"Sinatra mit Schnupfen ist wie Picasso ohne Farbe, Ferrari ohne Sprit - nur schlimmer. Weil ihn eine Erkältung seines unbezahlbaren Juwels, seiner Stimme, beraubt; sie bohrt sich nicht nur tief in sein Selbstbewusstsein und verändert seine Psyche, sondern ruft obendrein noch eine Art psychosomatischen Schnupfen bei Dutzenden von Menschen hervor, die für ihn arbeiten, mit ihm trinken, ihn verehren, auf Gedeih und Verderb von ihm abhängig sind." -Gay Talese Im Winter 1965 brach der Journalist Gay Talese im Auftrag der Zeitschrift Esquire nach Los Angeles auf, um ein umfangreiches Porträt von Frank Sinatra anzufertigen. Als er ankam, verhielten sich der Sänger und seine wachsame Entourage leider eher frostig: Sinatra war verschnupft und wollte nicht interviewt werden. Doch Talese blieb am Ball. Er nutzte die Zeit, um den Star aus der Distanz zu beobachten und seine Freunde, Kollegen, Produzenten, Studiobosse, Angehörigen, Putzerfische und Satelliten zu interviewen. Sinatra gewährte ihm nie das erhoffte Einzelinterview, doch Taleses Beharrlichkeit zahlte sich dennoch aus: Sein detailversessenes Porträt Frank Sinatra Has a Cold ging als Glanzstück des New Journalism in die Geschichte ein. Das dichte Porträt offenbart ebenso viel über den ausnahmsweise mal maulfaulen Entertainer wie über die ganze Hollywoodmaschinerie. Diese Ausgabe präsentiert Frank Sinatra Has a Cold ergänzt um ein Vorwort von Gay Talese, Faksimiledrucke von Manuskriptseiten, Briefwechsel und Originalstoryboards und eine Vielzahl von Fotos, darunter zahlreiche Aufnahmen des legendären Phil Stern - des einzigen Fotografen, der Sinatras Karriere über vier Jahrzehnte begleitete - und anderer prominenter Bildjournalisten der Sechzigerjahre, wie John Bryson, John Dominis und Terry O'Neill. Die Fotos dokumentieren die vielen Gesichter des nicht gerade pflegeleichten Stars: den Showmenschen, den notorischen Großkotz, den liebevollen Vater, den cleveren Geschäftsmann und Hollywoodkassenmagneten, den Boss des Rat Packs, den Freund führender Mafiosi und den gnadenlosen Womanizer, zu dessen Hofstaat, wie wir dank Talese wissen, auch eine unscheinbare kleine Dame zählte, die ihm stets in einem Köfferchen seine 60 Toupets hinterhertrug. Bislang als signierte Collector's Edition erschienen, nun auch zum Preis eines gepflegten Whiskeys erhältlich.

From his Great (Bamboo) Wall house to the Japan National Stadium for the Tokyo Olympic Summer Games, originally planned for 2020, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma pioneered a truly sustainable approach to contemporary architecture, translating local craftsmanship and resources into a new tactile architecture. Discover the scope of his practice-...

This double volume is the unrivaled collector car anthology. It curates 100 of the most exquisite, remarkable, and desirable cars of all time, from the landmark 1903 Mercedes-Simplex 40 hp to the radically designed 2020 McLaren Speedtail. Settling for nothing less than the very best of the best, and presenting each model with stunning imagery...

As vibrant as her unique visual language, this monograph presents the work of Beatriz Milhazes, the Brazilian painter who fuses modernist abstraction with the colors and light of her native country. Expanded to include works up to 2020, this edition explores all of the artist's creative phases and contains over 300 works from her beginnings to...

Walter Chandoha's remarkable legacy as the 20th century's greatest pet photographer lives on in this sequel to his critically acclaimed Cats. Featuring over 60 breeds, photographed in a variety of styles and locations, the book includes color studio and environmental portraits, black-and-white street scenes, dogs roaming free in the countryside,...

Renowned for his political remarks and social media activity almost as much as for his art, which is based on social interventions, a contemporary approach to the readymade, and his familiarity with Chinese traditional crafts, Ai Weiwei's fame extends throughout and beyond the art world. This monograph explores each of the periods of Ai's work...

With his revolutionary and liberated view of the naked body and sexuality, Egon Schiele emphatically wrote himself into the history of art at the beginning of the last century. Even today, the women and self-portraits painted by the enfant terrible of the Viennese modern age still have an exciting and bold effect. They were all created during...

The most comprehensive overview of Christo and Jeanne-Claude to date, now available in a compact edition. Hundreds of photographs and original works trace their unparalleled oeuvre and offer a glimpse at works in progress like The Mastaba, Project for the United Arab Emirates and L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Project for Paris.

Don't let the compact size fool you: Within these modest covers waits a wealth of soft, natural, superlative breasts proudly displayed by top glamour models of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Compiled from the original 398-page edition of The Little Big Book of Breasts as well as subsequent Big Breast Calendars for 40% new content.

Produced by the Detroit Photographic Company between 1888 and 1924, these rediscovered Photochrom and Photostint postcard images are the very first color pictures of North America. An unparalleled voyage across peoples, places, and time unfolds in this sweeping panorama that ranges from Native American settlements to New York's Chinatown, from...

Discover the master of Modernist simplicity, Tadao Ando. Bringing our XXL-sized tribute to a smaller, more convenient format, this collection spans the architect's entire career-including new projects like the Shanghai Poly Grand Theater and the Roberto Garza Sada Center in Monterrey, Mexico-and profiles each structure through photographs and...

From cosmic charts and da Vinci's Vitruvian Man to the New York subway map: trace the history of visual data from the Middle Ages to the digital era in this XL compendium. Featuring some 400 infographic milestones across technology, cartography, zoology, and more, this is an unprecedented reference work for designers, history buffs, and anyone...

This fresh overview of Tadao Ando's oeuvre spans the breadth of his career, from his beginnings in 1975 to today. Based on the massive XXL edition, this accessible volume sheds light on the Modernist master through photographs and architectural drawings, and includes such new projects as the Shanghai Poly Theater and the Clark Center at the...

The Dutch Golden Age spawned some of history's greatest artists and artisans, but few can boast the genius of Rembrandt. Commemorating 350 years of unparalleled legacy, this XXL-sized monograph gathers the artist's 330 paintings in exquisite reproductions and details that reveal how, in all their forms, Rembrandt's painted works are built of...

A plethora of 1950s ads covering just about anything the dollar could buy, from Las Vegas vacations to cigarettes as healthy mood enhancers. More than a record of bygone products and campaigns, these colorful ads provide an evocative record of everyday American life when McCarthyism was rife and capitalism was king.

Meet the inventor of modern horror. This complete guide to the Hitchcock canon is a movie buff's dream: from his 1925 debut The Pleasure Garden to 1976's swan song Family Plot, we trace the filmmaker's entire life and career. With a detailed entry for each of Hitchcock's 53 movies, this clothbound book combines insightful texts, photography,...

Einst gleichgesetzt mit hässlichen Autobahnbrücken und abbröckelnden Fassaden ungeliebter Wohnblocks, hat Beton ein Revival erfahren und gilt heute als verwegen und sexy. Dieses Buch versammelt die beeindruckendsten Betonbauten zeitgenössischer Architektur, hervorgebracht sowohl von Stars wie Tadao Ando und Herzog & de Meuron als auch von aufstrebenden neuen Büros wie dem russischen SPEECH.

Discover turn-of-the-century Vienna in this exploration of its most important protagonists, complete with sumptuous double-page reproductions across painting, sculpture, architecture, and design, as well as an essay by Rainer Metzger. Marking the centenary of the deaths of masters Klimt, Schiele, Wagner, and Moser, this collection joins the...

One of the first European explorers to fall obsessively in love with the realm of pyramids and pharaohs, Emile Prisse d'Avennes made an outstanding contribution to Egyptology with his illustrations of Ancient Egyptian architecture, sculpture, paintings, and industrial arts. This world premiere brings together the complete collection of Prisse...

Architect, artist, ecological visionary, Friedensreich Hundertwasser left a thrilling trail of imagination and activism in buildings, paintings, manifestos, and more. From naked addresses and tree planting campaigns to the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna, Hundertwasser refused the straight line in every sense. His vision was as much for society at...

During the 1960s, Dennis Hopper carried a camera everywhere-on film sets, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, and through political marches. Along the way, he captured the most intriguing moments of his generation. Compiled by Hopper himself and including incisive essays and interview excerpts, this volume distills the photographic...

A leading artist in the High Renaissance, Tiziano Vecelli (1488-1576) was the Venetian school's greatest painter and is one of the best-loved Italian artists. This book examines Titian's evolution, from his early years training under Giovanni Bellini to his later mature work, giving a perspective on the life's work of this legendary painter.

A monograph that explores various groups of the author's work chronologically via genre-oriented approach, such as mud-colored paintings, mirror paintings, computer paintings, and so forth.

Offers a connoisseur's overview of typeface design, exploring the most elegant fonts from the history of publishing. Taken from a distinguished Dutch collection, this two-volume edition traces the evolution of the printed letter via exquisitely designed catalogs, showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts.

The Flemish baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, born on June 28, 1577, died May 30, 1640 was the most renowned northern European artist of his day, and and is now widely recognised as one of the foremost painters in Western art history.

First impressions count, especially in Milano. In this unprecedented photographic journey, editor Karl Kolbitz curates 144 of the finest Milanese entrance halls from 1920 to 1970. Sumptuous in diversity and splendor, the volume features some of Milan's most famous architects, from Gio Ponti to Piero Portaluppi, and showcases the city's design...