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Capturing fleeting moments. This title deals with Degas' mastery in the depiction of movement. In terms of both theme and technique, the key to understanding the early work of Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is classical painting. Although he was eventually associated with the Impressionists and even participated in their joint exhibitions, Degas never adopted a purely Impressionist approach. Degas' work, reflecting an extremely personal and psychological perspective, emphasizes the scenic or concentrates on the detail. Thus, Degas' painting is often discussed with reference to the rise of short-exposure photography. Thematically, nature proved less interesting to the artist than the life and inhabitants of the modern metropolis. Degas primarily sought his motifs at the race track or circus, in bedrooms, or in ballet salons - and dancers always remained his favorite theme. About the series: Every book in TASCHEN's "Basic Art Series" features: a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist; approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions; and a concise biography.

A Frenchman in Tahiti. This book deals with Gauguin's search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature. After starting a career as a bank broker, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) turned to painting only at age twenty-five. After initial successes within the Impressionist circle, he broke with Vincent van Gogh and subsequently - when private difficulties caused him to become restless - embarked on a peripatetic life, wandering first through Europe and finally, in the search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature, to Tahiti. The paintings created from this time to his death in 1903 brought him posthumous fame. In pictures devoid of any attempt at romantically disguising the life style of the primitive island peoples, Gauguin was able to convey the magical effect that both the landscapes and life of the natives - their body language, charm and beauty - had on him. Wearying of his reputation as a South Sea painter, Gauguin finally determined to return to France, but died of syphilis on the Marquis Islands before his departure. About the series: Every book in TASCHEN's "Basic Art Series" features: a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist; approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions; and a concise biography.

Great walls in China. This title deals with the splendid and traditional homes in the People's Republic. Dating back more than six thousand years, China is the world's oldest civilization and most populous nation. With its remarkable history, rich culture, and diversity of ethnic groups, China is an endlessly fascinating country. Sneaking a peek at an array of different homes, from ancient to modern, "Living in China" brings you to places that most will never have a chance to visit. Whether it's the Bamboo Wall by Kengo Kuma, a 600-year-old round earth house in Fujian, the artsy Shanghai apartment of a celebrated but banned Chinese writer, the Hong Kong residence of the owner of the China Clubs and Shanghai Tan, or an artist studio and home in the largest art community in the world, all of the interiors featured here capture intriguing facets of life in China today.

Nippon nests. Today's most exceptional Japanese homes. 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 best Japanese homes share a love of cleverly designed spaces and warm materials such as wood, bricks, and bamboo. From a thatched roof farmhouse occupied by a Zen priest to Tadao Ando's experimental 4X4 House, Shigeru Ban's conceptual Shutter House, and a beautiful homage to bamboo in the form of a home, this book traverses the multifaceted landscape of Japanese living today. Also included is a list of addresses and a glossary of terms, such as tatami.

The best of the American Midwest & Great Lakes The New York Times has been offering up dream weekends with practical itineraries in its popular weekly “36 Hours” column since 2002. The many expert contributors have brought careful research, insider’s knowledge, and a sense of fun to hundreds of cities and destinations, always with an eye to getting the most out of a short trip. Based on the best-selling book 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada, the Times and TASCHEN now bring together the best of the Midwest & Great Lakes. From the great urban centers on everyone’s travel list to surprising locales with undiscovered character and charm, the paths lead from Chicago’s waterfront to Toronto’s music scene, to the awe-inspiring Black Hills and Niagara Falls, and well beyond. Featured destinations: Ann Arbor, Michigan • Buffalo, New York • Chicago, Illinois • Cincinnati, Ohio • Cleveland, Ohio • Detroit, Michigan • Duluth, Minnesota • Fayetteville, Arkansas • Indianapolis, Indiana • Iowa’s Mississippi River, Iowa • Kansas City, Missouri • Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania • Madison, Wisconsin • Milwaukee, Wisconsin •Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota • Niagara Falls, Ontario/New York • Oak Park, Illinois • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • St. Louis, Missouri • The Black Hills, South Dakota • The Niobrara River Valley, Nebraska • Toronto, Ontario • Traverse City, Michigan.

The best of the American Northeast and Canada The New York Times has been offering up dream weekends with practical itineraries in its popular weekly “36 Hours” column since 2002. The many expert contributors have brought careful research, insider’s knowledge, and a sense of fun to hundreds of cities and destinations, always with an eye to getting the most out of a short trip. Based on the best-selling book 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada, the Times and TASCHEN now bring together the best of the Northeast and Canada. From the great urban centers on everyone’s travel list to surprising locales with undiscovered character and charm, the paths lead to fashionable clubs in Manhattan, quaint New England towns, the French America of Quebec, and well beyond. Featured destinations: Bar Harbor, Maine • The Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick • Boston, Massachusetts • The Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania • Brooklyn, New York • Burlington, Vermont • Cambridge, Mass. • Cape May, New Jersey • Cooperstown, New York • East Hampton, New York • Halifax, Nova Scotia • Lake Placid, New York • Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. • Mont Tremblant, Quebec • Montreal, Quebec • Nantucket, Mass. • New London, Connecticut • Newport, Rhode Island • New York City, New York • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Portland, Maine • Portsmouth, New Hampshire • Princeton, New Jersey • Providence, Rhode Island • Provincetown, Mass. • Quebec City, Quebec • St. John’s, Newfoundland • Stowe, Vermont.

The best of the American Southeast The New York Times has been offering up dream weekends with practical itineraries in its popular weekly “36 Hours” column since 2002. The many expert contributors have brought careful research, insider’s knowledge, and a sense of fun to hundreds of cities and destinations, always with an eye to getting the most out of a short trip. Based on the best-selling book 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada, the Times and TASCHEN now bring together the best of the Southeast. From the great urban centers on everyone’s travel list to surprising locales with undiscovered character and charm, the paths lead from lunching with politicos in Washington D.C. and club-hopping in New Orleans to spotting alligators in Florida’s Everglades. Featured destinations: Annapolis, Maryland • Asheville, North Carolina • Atlanta, Georgia • Baltimore, Maryland • Birmingham, Alabama • Cape Canaveral, Florida • Charleston, South Carolina • Charlottesville, Virginia • Clarksdale, Mississippi • The Everglades, Florida • Fort Lauderdale, Florida • Gatlinburg, Tennessee • Key West, Florida • Knoxville, Kentucky • Lexington, Kentucky • Louisville, Kentucky • Memphis, Tenn. • Miami, Florida • Montgomery, Alabama • Naples, Florida • Nashville, Tenn. • New Orleans, Louisiana • Orlando, Florida • Oxford, Miss. • Palm Beach, Florida • Raleigh- Durham, N. Carolina • Richmond, Virginia • Savannah, Georgia • St. Simons Island, Georgia • Virginia Beach, Virginia • Washington, D.C. • Williamsburg, Virginia.

The best of the American Southwest and Rocky Mountains The New York Times has been offering up dream weekends with practical itineraries in its popular weekly “36 Hours” column since 2002. The many expert contributors have brought careful research, insider’s knowledge, and a sense of fun to hundreds of cities and destinations, always with an eye to getting the most out of a short trip. Based on the best-selling book 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada, the Times and TASCHEN now bring together the best of the Southwest and Rocky Mountains. From the great urban centers on everyone’s travel list to surprising locales with undiscovered character and charm, the paths lead from museum hopping in Fort Worth and soul-seeking in Sedona, to the ski slopes of Aspen and Vail, and well beyond. Featured destinations: Albuquerque, New Mexico • Aspen, Colorado • Austin, Texas • Boise, Idaho • Dallas, Texas • Denver, Colorado • Fort Worth, Texas • Houston, Texas • Jackson, Wyoming • Las Vegas, Nevada • Leadville, Colorado • Moab, Utah • Park City, Utah •Phoenix, Arizona • Salt Lake City, Utah • San Antonio, Texas • Santa Fe, New Mexico • Scottsdale, Arizona • Sedona, Arizona • Sun Valley, Idaho • Telluride, Colorado • The Grand Canyon, Arizona • Tucson, Arizona • Vail, Colorado.

The best of the American and Canadian West Coast The New York Times has been offering up dream weekends with practical itineraries in its popular weekly “36 Hours” column since 2002. The many expert contributors have brought careful research, insider’s knowledge, and a sense of fun to hundreds of cities and destinations, always with an eye to getting the most out of a short trip. Based on the best-selling book 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada, the Times and TASCHEN now bring together the best of the West Coast. From the great urban centers on everyone’s travel list to surprising locales with undiscovered character and charm, the paths lead to the seaside cliffs and Hollywood cool of California, biking in Portland, island hopping in Hawaii, and well beyond. Featured destinations: Berkeley, California • Big Sur, Calif. • Carmel, Calif. • Death Valley, Calif. • Hilo, Hawaii • Homer, Alaska • Honolulu, Hawaii • Juneau, Alaska • Kauai, Hawaii • Lake Tahoe, Calif. • Los Angeles, Calif. • Malibu, Calif. • Mammoth Lakes, Calif. • Maui, Hawaii • Molokai, Hawaii • Napa Valley, Calif. • Palm Springs, Calif. • Pasadena, Calif. • Portland, Oregon • Sacramento, Calif. • San Diego, Calif. • San Francisco, Calif. • Santa Barbara, Calif. • Santa Cruz, Calif. • Santa Monica, Calif. • Seattle, Washington • Silicon Valley, Calif. • Sonoma County, Calif. • The Okanagan Valley, British Columbia • The Oregon Coast, Oregon • The San Juan Islands, Washington •Vancouver, British Columbia • Whistler, British Columbia • Whitehorse, Yukon.

The Fab Five. Behind Beatlemania. In early 1964, Harry Benson was getting on a plane for a foreign assignment in Africa, when he got a call from the photo editor of London newspaper "The Daily Express". He was now going with The Beatles to Paris to document French Beatlemania and what followed was the biggest (ticket to) ride of his life. Benson was warmly welcomed into The Beatles' inner sanctum, resulting in some of the most intimate photographs ever taken of the band, then on the cusp of world domination. In Paris, he took the famous photograph of the Fab Four having a pillow fight at the George V Hotel; he shot their groundbreaking first visit to the United States, the full impact of New York hysteria, their famous appearance on "The Ed Sullivan" show, the band in Florida, including their surprising encounter with Cassius Clay; as well as on the set of "A Hard Day's Night". The relationship continued in 1966, including George's honeymoon in Barbados and their notorious US tour, under the shadow cast by Lennon's comment that the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus Christ." Benson's luminous black and white photographs show at close quarters The Beatles composing, performing, encountering their fans, relaxing, and engaging with each other, while trying to cope with their increasingly isolating fame. In addition to hundreds of photographs, many previously unseen, there is an introductory essay by Benson as well as quotes and newspaper clippings from the period.

Les petits miracles de la vie. This title deals with one of the great chroniclers of Parisian life in the 20th century. Produced in close cooperation with Willy Ronis and featuring images from his archives, this book traces the career of one of France's most remarkable photographers, to whom, along with Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, and Brassai, we owe our romantic vision of France. In Ronis' photos of Paris, the city is inseparable from the working class men, women, and children who inhabit its streets and cafes. He once described his approach to photography in five words: "patience, thinking, chance, form, and time." Working with available light, Ronis sought to capture the fleeting moments of everyday life, and his body of work documents, with timeless beauty and grace, the feel of French life in the 20th century.

Autobiographical homes. This title deals with the houses architects design for themselves. The greatest challenge in designing homes is negotiating the delicate balance between aesthetics and the personal desires of the occupants. While it's important for the structure to reflect the vision and style of the architect, the client must ultimately feel at home beneath the roof. It is particularly interesting, therefore, to examine the homes that architects create for themselves. If houses reflect their owners' personalities, then architects' own homes are like autobiographies. Location, layout, style, lighting, artwork, furnishings - every detail adds color to the story. Each of these dwellings, presented A-Z by architect, speaks more about its designer than any other building possibly could.

More than two centuries have passed since the publication of Robert John Thornton's "The Temple of Flora" in 1799, but its charm remains unsullied. In addition to the botanical and cultural historical explanations of the individual plate illustrations, this reprint narrates the history of the origin of the work and the life of its author.

This title includes highlights from the legendary photo journal. Photographer, writer, publisher, and curator Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a visionary, far ahead of his time. Around the turn of the 20th century he founded the Photo-Secession, a progressive movement concerned with advancing the creative possibilities of photography, and by 1903 began publishing "Camera Work", an avant-garde magazine devoted to voicing the ideas, both in images and words, of the Photo-Secession. "Camera Work" was the first photo journal whose focus was visual, rather than technical, and its illustrations were of the highest quality hand-pulled photogravure printed on Japanese tissue. This book brings together a broad selection from the journal's 50 issues.

Ringmaster of dreams. This is the complete works of one of the most influential filmmakers. Forever a circus ringleader at heart, Federico Fellini (1920-1993) is remembered as one of cinema's greatest storytellers. From bittersweet, heart wrenching tales ("La Strada" and "Nights of Cabiria") to semi-autobiographical classics ("La Dolce Vita" and the much-imitated "81/2") to ambitious period-pieces ("Satyricon" and "Casanova") to dreamlike pseudo-documentaries ("The Clowns", "Roma", and "Intervista"), Fellini brought his inner world to the silver screen in a profoundly original and innovative way. Among his many gifts to the world of cinema are the roles he created for his wife, the unforgettable Giulietta Masina.