The Renaissance marked a turning point in the perception of the human body. While the body was often stylised and dematerialised in the Middle Ages, Italian draughtsmanship set new standards between...
Cultured Traveler: 100 Trips for Curious Minds is much more than a classic travel guide. The book brings together 100 travelogues from the New York Times and shows how closely travel can be linked to...
Edward S. Curtis dedicated his life to documenting the indigenous cultures of North America. Between 1907 and 1930, he published a monumental encyclopaedia in 20 volumes with over 40,000 photographs...
In her book Great Escapes Germany, Angelika Taschen shows that Germany is more than just idyllic half-timbered houses and the hustle and bustle of the big city. With an eye for art history and...
EC Comics Library: Weird Science Vol. 1 collects the first eleven issues of the legendary science fiction comic from the early 1950s. Edited by Bill Gaines and co-created by Al Feldstein, the volume...
