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This celebration of contemporary street photography—in all its edgy, strange, beautiful, haunting, colorful, and humorous glory—brings together the...

This celebration of contemporary street photography—in all its edgy, strange, beautiful, haunting, colorful, and humorous glory—brings together the...

This dazzling book showcases the history of modern and contemporary art using one hundred of the most significant art works--one per year--of the p...

This unique building-per-year survey of a century of great architecture offers a superb introduction to the best existing structures built each yea...

Now available in a new edition, this opulent book reaches back 25,000 years to trace the history of jewelry from the Paleolithic Era to the presen...

Accessible and informative, this book is a gorgeous introduction to great American artists. While the history of American art is as varied as the f...

Now available in a new edition, this introduction to fifty visionary architects traces the major aesthetic movements over the past six centuries an...

The latest volume in this beautifully produced and affordable series introduces readers to the major developments in the history of modern art—from...

The latest volume in this beautifully produced and affordable series introduces readers to the major developments in the history of modern art—from...

Now available in an updated edition, this attractive, useful, and entertaining collection of great artists and great art is a course in art history...

Published in a new edition, this book offers an introduction to Bauhaus, one of the most influential movements in modern architecture, art, and des...

This collection of great buildings is a highly entertaining lesson in architectural history for readers of all ages.The fifty buildings presented h...

This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after the Second World Wa...

Today’s designers are savvier and more daring than ever before. Happy to exist within or outside the established houses of haute couture, their rep...

The newest addition to Prestel’s highly successful "50...You Should Know" series offers the perfect introduction to the best contemporary photograp...

Now available in a new edition, this book offers a stunning visual history of 100 years of design. Designers have shaped our modern age, whether it...

An accessible introduction to the 50 most important designers who have moved fashion forward over the past century.Fifty major fashion designers ar...

This accessible and beautifully illustrated book brings together the most important designers who have moved fashion forward over the past century....

Now available in a new edition, this array of masterpieces by the luminaries of the Impressionist movement is the next best thing to viewing them i...

Now available in a new edition, this chronologically arranged volume covers a century and a half of masterpieces which beautifully capture the deve...

Now available in an updated edition, this generously illustrated book is a tour of the most important Western paintings since the Renaissance. Span...

Now available in a new edition, this book gives a lively overview of the world’s greatest photographers. This dynamic introduction to the most impo...

This collection of world-renowned photographs offers a stunning visual history of photography and photojournalism. The birth of photography opened ...

This wide-ranging collection of 50 iconic portraits includes works by many of the world’s most renowned artists, each with their own style, techniq...