Prestel

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...

Now available in a new edition, this book offers more than 500 years of achievements in art by women. This beautifully produced, richly detailed, a...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

This highly accessible overview of Art Deco, embraces nearly every artistic medium— offering paintings and photography to furnishings and film—thro...

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

This accessible book on the Surrealist movement features paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, film stills, and architecture, displaying th...

The most important and best-loved artists of the Pop art movement are gathered in this accessible book of painting, photography, film, and sculptur...

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