Beneath the original Venetian glass and rosewood case at La Specola in Florence lies Clemente Susini's Anatomical Venus (c. 1790), a perfect object whose luxuriously bizarre existence challenges belief. This title reveals the evolution of the enigmatic sculptures from wax effigy to fetish figure and the embodiment of the uncanny.

The perfect companion to the Roman myths and the landscapes and ideas that shaped them.

A chronological guide to the fantastic world of Japanese myths, retelling the stories and exploring how Japanese mythology has changed over time.

Analyses the visual approaches and techniques of 100 great artists, and shows readers how to weave some of this magic into their own drawings.

Opens a door onto the world of pre-revolutionary Russia in original photographs taken during the last decades of Romanov rule. This title includes many remarkable colour images created using an early three-colourplate technique; these bring the remote past to life with an especially vivid jolt.

Combine concrete's stoicism with luscious vegetative environments and you get to the language of tropical modernism. In continuity with its founding principles from the mid 20th century, today's architectural visionaries renew the use of raw materials, such as exposed concrete, to explore functionality rather than aesthetics.

No matter if works are created in total symbiosis with the tropical landscape or surrounded by flourishing nature, Concrete Jungle presents the dichotomy of the rough ma...

Der Wunsch, mit dem Motorrad zu verreisen, abseits der Autobahnen neue Landschaften zu entdecken und andere Kulturen kennenzulernen, ist aktueller denn je.

Der Motorradjournalist Jordan Gibbons nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise rund um den Globus und stellt die schönsten Motorradregionen unseres Erdballs vor. Routen, die unvergessliche Erlebnisse versprechen: Vom Outback Australiens über die rauen Pässe der schottischen Highlands bis in den Oman. Gibbons gibt nicht nur Tipps, was auf einer Reis...

An in-depth study of Russian architecture in the 20th century, through the work of Russian avant-garde architect Boris Velikovsky and featuring previously unpublished plans and photographs.