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In 1965, Steve Schapiro started documenting Andy Warhol for LIFE magazine: Warhol was cementing a reputation as an important Pop artist who drew his inspiration from popular culture and commercial objects. With his sunglasses, blond wig, and bland public utterances, Warhol was enigmatic, charismatic, intensely ambitious, and aware that to become a star, you needed the presence of people to document your ascent. Schapiro, also ambitious and hardworking, who in his own words “kept quiet and smiled a lot,” was an ideal witness to Warhol’s relentless rise from cult New York artist to 20th-century icon. Ironically, LIFE never published the story, so many of these images are seen here for the first time, scanned from negatives found deep in Schapiro’s archive.

This book presents the epic story of New York on nearly 600 pages of emotional, atmospheric photographs, from the mid-19th century to the present day. Supplementing this treasure trove of images are over a hundred quotations and references from relevant books, movies, shows, and songs. The city’s fluctuating fortunes are all represented, from the wild nights of the Jazz Age and the hedonistic disco era, to the grim days of the Depression and the devastation of 9/11 and its aftermath, as its brokenhearted but unbowed citizens picked up the pieces. New York’s remarkable rise, reinvention, and growth are not just the tale of a city, but the story of a nation, From the building of the Brooklyn Bridge to the immigrants arriving at Ellis Island; from the slums of the Lower East Side to the magnificent art deco skyscrapers. The urban beach of Coney Island and the sleaze of Times Square; the vistas of Central Park and the crowds on Fifth Avenue. The streets, the sidewalks, the chaos, the energy, the ethnic diversity, the culture, the fashion, the architecture, the anger, and the complexity of the city are all laid out in this beautiful book. This is the greatest city in the world after all and great are its extremes, contradictions, and attitude.

Early astronomers, drawn to Mars's fiery glow in the night sky, named the planet after their god of war. In the centuries since, Mars has captivated humankind as a source of endless speculation and a beacon of hope for its potential habitability. Through six decades of NASA’s pioneering research missions, the mysteries of the red planet have been gradually uncovered, revealing a world not so unlike our own that likely once supported life.

Un pájaro monstruoso que devora a los pecadores, cuerpos desnudos contorsionándose en posturas tántricas, un par de orejas blandiendo la hoja de un cuchillo: con tan solo 20 pinturas y 9 dibujos a su nombre, el visionario holandés Hieronymus Bosch (aprox. 1450-1516) se ha asegurado su lugar como pilar en la historia del arte. A día de hoy, el pintor por excelencia del infierno y sus demonios continúa sorprendiendo y cautivando a expertos en pintura, artistas, diseñadores y músicos por igual. Esta monografía a gran escala, basada en la exitosa edición XXL para la que TASCHEN encargó nuevas y exclusivas fotografías de detalles y de las obras recientemente restauradas, presenta la obra completa del Bosco. Los textos de Stefan Fischer, historiador del arte y experto en su obra, analizan los numerosos elementos cautivadores que pueblan cada escena, desde los seres híbridos mitad hombre y mitad animal hasta el uso pictórico de refranes y modismos propio del artista. Este libro, que ofrece una exhaustiva panorámica de su inaprensible obra, revela por qué el Bosco y su pintura han sido inmensamente influyentes.Incluye: Reproducciones impecables a toda página que ensalzan el asombroso potencial compositivo del artista Detalles ampliados que desvelan las escenas más intrincadas e inquietantes, así como los pormenores técnicos más insospechados, desde las pinceladas sutiles al grano del lienzo Un desplegable del legendario El juicio final Un capítulo especial centrado en la obra más célebre del Bosco, el hipnotizante tríptico de El jardín de las delicias