TASCHEN BOOKS - CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE (Basic Art Series)
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TASCHEN BOOKS - CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE (Basic Art Series)
The work of the artist couple Christo (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935–2009) resists categorization. It is a hybrid of art, urban planning, architecture, and engineering, but above all an aesthetic uniquely their own: surreal and ethereal environmental interventions that have graced monuments, public parks, and centers of power alike.
This compact book spans the complete career of the couple who were born on the very same day, met in Paris, fell in love, and became a creative team like no other. With rich illustration, it spans Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s earliest projects in the 1950s right through to The Floating Piers, installed at Lake Iseo, Italy, in 2016. The book celebrates all of the couple’s most famous environmental interventions, such as The Gates in New York’s Central Park and the Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin, while also featuring early drawings and family photos unknown to the wider public.
Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 0.62 kg, 96 pages
TASCHEN Basic Art Series | Art Monographs - Art History - Architecture
Started in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:
- a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering their cultural and historical importance
- a concise biography
- approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions.
About TASCHEN BOOKS
Founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen, TASCHEN is a leading art book publisher known for its dazzling and audacious world of eye-catching coffee table books spanning architecture, aphrodisia, art, design, fashion, photography, pop culture, style, and travel. TASCHEN is comanaged by Benedikt Taschen and his eldest daughter, Marlene Taschen.