New York. Portrait of a City. XL
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English edition. This book presents the epic story of New York in almost 600 pages of exciting and suggestive photographs, from the mid-19th century to the present day. Completing this treasure of images are over one hundred quotations and references from essential books, films, shows, and songs. The alternating fortunes of the city are all represented, from the wild nights of the jazz age to the hedonistic disco era, from the dark days of the Depression to the devastation of September 11 and its consequences, while its citizens with broken but indomitable hearts took up the challenge piece by piece. The extraordinary rise, reinvention, and growth of New York are not only the story of a city but the story of a nation, from the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge to immigrants arriving at Ellis Island; from the slums of the Lower East Side to the magnificent art déco skyscrapers. The urban beach of Coney Island and the squalid Times Square; the views of Central Park and the crowd on Fifth Avenue. The streets, sidewalks, chaos, energy, ethnic diversity, culture, fashion, architecture, anger, and complexity of the city are all presented in this kaleidoscopic book. After all, this is the largest city in the world and great are its extremes, contradictions, and attitudes.
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<p>TASCHEN is an independent publishing house founded by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne in 1980. The project was born from a small shop dedicated to comics and evolved to become one of the international references in illustrated publishing. The philosophy of the publishing house is to make art, visual culture and great editorial works accessible to different audiences, working simultaneously on compact editions, large format volumes, Collector’s Editions and publications made in close collaboration with artists, photographers and archives.</p><p>The TASCHEN catalog spans art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, cinema, music, pop culture, sport and travel. The graphics, printing quality and physical construction of the book play a central role as much as the content. Projects like the Basic Art Series have made quality art monographs more accessible, while monumental volumes like SUMO have redefined the concept of the collector’s book, turning it into an editorial object that interacts with interior design and collecting.</p><p>The TASCHEN selection on Setaccio includes illustrated books dedicated to photography, architecture, fashion, culture and major cities. Among the titles present are volumes on contemporary and modern architecture, Sneaker Freaker, Paris and New York, Warhol and Basquiat, Annie Leibovitz, NASA, James Bond and fashion history. Both more traditional formats and XL editions are available, designed for those who consider the book also as a visual and display object.</p><p>TASCHEN on Setaccio therefore extends the store’s selection beyond clothing, bringing a culture of image into lifestyle coherent with fashion, design and art. A proposal intended for those looking for books to read, consult and collect, but also objects capable of entering the domestic space permanently.</p>