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Louis Isadore Kahn (1901–1974) treated each building like a temple. Across the United States, in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Israel, his designs combined the sleek, utilitarian surfaces of modernism with a devotion to geometric forms and a reverence for natural light that suffused his structure..

Often misunderstood, Pierre-Auguste Renoir remains one of history’s most-loved painters—undoubtedly because his work exudes such warmth, tenderness, and good cheer. Gathering brilliant reproductions and sketches, as well as photos and a complete chronolog..

In January and February 1991, as the United States-led coalition drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, Saddam Hussein’s troops retaliated with an inferno. As much a major document of modern history as an extraordinary photographic portfolio, Kuwait: A Desert on Fire is the ..

Coffee is the world's cup. Over 2.25 billion are brewed, sipped, and savored on a daily basis. A loyal companion and energetic facilitator of the everyday, coffee has sprouted an entire cafe culture and a booming industry.While the caffeine fix is hard to ignore, this beloved hot drink holds a rich ..

Buried in the 14th century BC but unearthed by Howard Carter in 1922, the objects entombed with Tutankhamun are an invaluable window into a long-extinct belief system. Seen today, they create an intricate picture of how the ancient Egyptian people viewed the perilous journey to paradise, a utopian E..

A path is never the same twice. Everything we experience, be it real or imagined, influences what is around us—even if the changes are sometimes too small to recognize! For three curious kids, their regular walk down their neighborhood path is an experience far from ordinary.With sketchbooks tucked ..

Discover one of the most admired artists in history: Johannes Vermeer. With crisp, detailed reproductions and insightful essays, this volume spans his entire repertoire, showing Vermeer’s talent, his key place in the Dutch Golden Age, and his ability to tell a complete story in just o..

Explore a city of architectural splendor, ubiquitous history, and incomparable heritage of art, design, and music. This collection brings together hundreds of photographs from the last 175 years to trace the history of Vienna; from imperial city to modern metropolis, from major l..

Discover the artist who put soup cans in MoMA and movie stars in the Met. This introduction to Andy Warhol presents his prolific and radical oeuvre and its relentless interrogation of consumerism, materialism, and the role of the artist. The title includes more than 100 images&nb..

Like hardly any other artist of his generation, Wolfgang Tillmans has shaped our perception of the world. From early portraits of his friends to still lifes, travel shots, nudes, landscape and sky photographs, to his abstract work, Tillmans has created a multitude of iconic works in his unmistakable..

Алексей Михайлович Ган (1893–1942) — один из творцов русского конструктивизма 1920-х годов, создатель оригинальной теоретической модели конструктивизма как социально ориентированного «интеллектуального производства», мастер конструктивистской типографики, режиссер хроникальных фильмов, автор теории ..

Первое научное издание текстов двух русско-еврейских писателей, теоретиков и практиков радикального анархизма первой пол. XX в. Кроме прозаической утопии-поэмы «Страна Анархия» (1917–1919) и памятки-трактата «Первый Центральный Социотехникум» (1919), в него вошли избранные статьи и очерки из анархис..