The Complete Costume History

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TASCHEN's Great Adventure began back in 1980, when eighteen-year-old Benedikt Taschen opened a shop in his native Cologne, Germany, to markét his massive comics coilection. Within a year he began pubiishing catalogues promoting his wares, but it wasn't until 1984 that his first art-book breakthrough occurred: he purchased 40,000 remainder copies of a Magritte book printed in English, reselling them for a fraction of their originál price. From a young age, Taschen had been interested in art but found that art books were too expensive and hard to obtain, and the suc-cess of this daring move proved that Taschen was not alone in thinking that the art-book markét should be democratized. Soon he began reprint-ing books under his own name for budget prices and the next year he published his first originál title and the first book in the Basic Art series: Picasso. Before long, high-quality-yet-still-inexpensive hardcover books were added to the lineup and in 1989... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE ART OF MAKING BOOKS
TASCHEN's Great Adventure began back in 1980, when eighteen-year-old Benedikt Taschen opened a shop in his native Cologne, Germany, to markét his massive comics coilection. Within a year he began pubiishing catalogues promoting his wares, but it wasn't until 1984 that his first art-book breakthrough occurred: he purchased 40,000 remainder copies of a Magritte book printed in English, reselling them for a fraction of their originál price. From a young age, Taschen had been interested in art but found that art books were too expensive and hard to obtain, and the suc-cess of this daring move proved that Taschen was not alone in thinking that the art-book markét should be democratized. Soon he began reprint-ing books under his own name for budget prices and the next year he published his first originál title and the first book in the Basic Art series: Picasso. Before long, high-quality-yet-still-inexpensive hardcover books were added to the lineup and in 1989 the landmark double-jumbo Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings hit bookstores around the world.
Starting in the late 1980s, TASCHEN established subsidiaries across the globe and continued to cement its reputation as a publisher of excel-lent-value books while branching out into new areas such as architecture, design, photography, lifestyle and classics. In 2000, TASCHEN surprised the world by breaking the record for the most expensive book published in the 20th century: copy #1 of Helmut Newton's SUMO, signed by over 80 celebrities featured in it, fetched over $300,000 at a charity auction. A year later TASCHEN launched its cinema coilection with Billy Wilder's Somé Liké itHot. Then, in 2003, TASCHEN tipped the scales with its massive, legendary Muhammad Ali tribute book, GOAT.
Twenty-five years after Benedikt Taschen opened his little comics shop, TASCHEN has grown into one of the most successful and unique publishers in the global markét, pubiishing an eclectic variety of books for people of all tastes and budget ranges, distributed worldwide in over twenty languages. Within the space of the last few years, TASCHEN has opened bookshops in Paris and Los Angeles, with plans to keep expanding to new cities as our Great Adventure continues. For the future of pubiishing, keep your eye on TASCHEN.
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Introduction by Frangoise Tétart-Vittu, head of the graphic árts department at the Musée de la Mode et du Costume de la Ville de Paris. She studied art history at the Sorbonne and she specializes in the costume history of the 18th and 19th centuries. The author of many books on costume history and curator of exhibits, she lives and works in Paris.
Einleitung von Frangoise Tétart-Vittu, Leiterin des Bereichs für graphische Kunst am Musée de la Mode et du Costume de la Ville de Paris, Sie studíerte Kunstgeschichte an der Sorbonne und ist spezíalisiert auf die Kostümge-schichte des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Sie ist Autorin vieler Bücher über Kostümgeschichte sowie Kuratorin von Ausstellungen und lebt und arbeitet in Paris.
Introduction de Frangoise Tétart-Vittu, responsable du cabinet des árts graphiques du Musée de la Mode et du Costume de la Ville de Paris, Aprés avoir étudié l'histoire de l'art á la Sorbonne, elle s'est spécialisée dans l'histoire du costume au 18e et au 19e siécle. Auteur de nombreux ouvrages sur l'histoire du costume et commissaire d'expositions, elle vit ettravaille á Paris.
Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique (1876-1888), the most wide-ranging and ínteiligent study of clothing ever published, covers world costume, dress and style from ancient times till the late 19th century. This great work remains to this day unique in its breadth and detail.
Auguste Racinets Le Costume historique (1876-1888) ist die bedeutendste Darstellung zur Weltgeschichte der Kostüme und Mode vom Altertum bis zum 19. Jahrhundert und besticht bis zum heutigen Tag durch seine Bandbreite sowie die detaillierte Prásentation von Kleidung und Stilen.
Le Costume historique (1876-1888) d'Auguste Racinet représente l'étude la plus approfondie jamais publiée sur l'histoire du costume, la mode et le style depuis le Monde antique jusqu'au 19e siécle. Par son ampleur et la somme de connaissances rassemblées, cet ouvrage reste á ce jour une expérience unique en son genre.
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special editions:
40 Architects around 40 Alchemy & Mysticism Architectural Theory Bauhaus
Best Movies of the 70s Dali
Decorative Art - 1960s Decorative Art - 1970s Encyclopaedia Anatomica The Golden Age of Advertising - the 70s Hopper
Impressionism Industrial Design A-Z
Japanese Graphics Nowí
Klimt
Matisse
Monet
Picasso
Piranesi
Auguste Racinet - The Complete Costume History Robots - Spaceships & other Jfj Toys Sculpture - From Antiquity to the Present Day Symbolism Van Gogh Vissza