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100 Contemporary Fashion Designers by Terry Jones (Editor)
$40.00 AUD
Category: Fashion | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Mode matters The hottest names in the style game This compilation brings together highlights from TASCHEN's Fashion Now! series to create a comprehensive overview of fashion design around the world at the start of the 21st century. Edited by i D creator Terry Jones, this book is an indispensible work of ...Show more
1000 Nudes - a History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939 by Hans-Michael Koetzle
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
A glimpse through the keyhole of history: From the earliest nude daguerrotypes to experimental nude photography The history of nude photography is the history of people's fascination with the topic. Indeed, the photographic depiction of the human body is the only subject that has enthralled photographer ...Show more
1000 Tattoos by Burkhard Riemschneider (Editor)
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Category: Art and Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Wearable art: An exploration of tattoos past and present Whether you're thinking of getting a tattoo or just want to see to what lengths others have gone in decorating their bodies, this is the book to check out. This edition of 1000 Tattoos explores the history of the art worldwide via designs and phot ...Show more
20th Century Classic Cars 100 Years of Automotive Ads by Phil Patton
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Category: Sport, Games and Recreation | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Wheels of history: From the Model T and DB5 to the VW Beetle and the Hummer Henry Fordjump-started the age of the automobile with the first assembly-line car in 1908: theModel T. Over the next century the automobile evolved from chugging workhorse to tail fin era showboat to sleek status symbol, complet ...Show more
Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities by Albertus Seba; Irmgard Müsch
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Category: Reference | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Spectacular specimens: Albertus Seba's unrivaled catalog of animals, insects and plants The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected ...Show more
Architectural Theory by Taschen
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Category: Architecture and Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
If you've ever wondered what goes through architects' minds when they design buildings, you'll be happy to know that there's no shortage of brilliant reading material to satisfy your curiosity. Wading through the archives at your local library may prove fruitful to your endeavor, but it won't give you t ...Show more
David Bowie: The Man Who Fell to Earth by Paul Duncan (Editor)
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Category: Entertainment | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Loving the AlienBehind the scenes of Nic Roeg's 1976 sci-fi masterpiece starring David BowieFirst advertised as a "mind-stretching experience," Nicolas Roeg's 1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth stunned the cinema world. A tour-de-force of science fiction as art form, the movie brought not only hallucinatory ...Show more
Green Architecture by Philip Jodidio
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Category: Architecture and Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Where the grass really is greener: Eco-friendly building in the world today The most exciting new buildings in the world are now almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume far less energy than ever before. That architecture is one of the major sources of greenhouse gases in ...Show more
Gustav Klimt. Drawings and Paintings by Tobias G. Natter
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Category: Art and Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Defining DecadenceThe legacy of Gustav KlimtA century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. In this neat, dependable monograph, we gather all of Klimt's major works alongside authoritative a ...Show more
Horror Cinema: The Best Scary Movies of all Time by Jonathan Penner;
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Category: Entertainment | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Horror is both the most perennially popular and geographically diverse of all film genres; arguably, every country that makes movies makes horror movies of one kind or another. Depicting deep-rooted, even archetypal fears, while at the same time exploiting socially and culturally specific anxieties, cin ...Show more
Karl Blossfeldt The Complete Published Work by Hans Christian Adam
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Category: Architecture and Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
A fascination for flora: Timeless photos in which plants become sculptures German photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself. Over more than 30 years, he took thousands of photographs, revealin ...Show more
Living in Japan by Angelika Taschen (Editor); Reto Guntli
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Category: Architecture and Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it's hard to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding new ways to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Whether it's a pristinely preserved traditional house or a cutting edge apartment, the ...Show more