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| - Taschen is publishing books. The publishing house was founded by Benedikt Taschen . He founded the company in 1980 , when he was looking for a way to get his own comics publishing.Benedikt Taschen also founded a shop in Cologne, where he is artistic literature could sell. He was 18 years old. The store was only 25 square meters. In addition to his publications, he also sold other comics. Sally Forth was the first album by Taschen.
- thumb|upright|Taschen headquarters on Hohenzollernring 53, Cologne It began as Taschen Comics publishing Benedikt's extensive comic collection. Taschen has been a noteworthy force in making lesser-seen art available to mainstream bookstores, including some fetishistic imagery, queer art, historical erotica, pornography and adult magazines (including multiple books with Playboy magazine). Taschen has helped bring this art into broader public view, by publishing these potentially controversial volumes alongside its more mainstream books of comics reprints, art photography, painting, design, fashion, Advertising history, film, and architecture.
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| - thumb|upright|Taschen headquarters on Hohenzollernring 53, Cologne It began as Taschen Comics publishing Benedikt's extensive comic collection. Taschen has been a noteworthy force in making lesser-seen art available to mainstream bookstores, including some fetishistic imagery, queer art, historical erotica, pornography and adult magazines (including multiple books with Playboy magazine). Taschen has helped bring this art into broader public view, by publishing these potentially controversial volumes alongside its more mainstream books of comics reprints, art photography, painting, design, fashion, Advertising history, film, and architecture. Taschen's publications are available in a variety of sizes, from large tomes detailing the complete works of Leonardo da Vinci, to surprisingly uncommon middle-sized books, to their "Icons" series of small, flexicover volumes which encapsulate themes of everything from old ads of Las Vegas, Nevada to male nudes. The company has also produced calendars, address books, and postcards of popular subjects. The company's stated mission has been to publish innovative, beautifully designed art books at popular prices. The Icons series, for example, has several new volumes published a year, and retailing for about $10 are inexpensive for published collections of art. Another popular series is their 'Basic Art' series, which has around 50 volumes, each about a separate artist, ranging from artists such as Michelangelo to more contemporary artists such as Norman Rockwell. They also publish a 'Basic Architecture' series in the same style as 'Basic Art' that covers some of the most prominent architects in history, such as Frank Lloyd Wright. Taschen has published one of the most expensive books in publishing history, the $15,000, 75 pound, 700 page GOAT (Greatest of All Time), a tribute to the American boxer Muhammad Ali which Der Spiegel called "the biggest, heaviest, most radiant thing ever printed in the history of civilization." They have also published the $15,000 Helmut Newton retrospective Sumo and a $4,000 limited edition Araki volume.
- Taschen is publishing books. The publishing house was founded by Benedikt Taschen . He founded the company in 1980 , when he was looking for a way to get his own comics publishing.Benedikt Taschen also founded a shop in Cologne, where he is artistic literature could sell. He was 18 years old. The store was only 25 square meters. In addition to his publications, he also sold other comics. Sally Forth was the first album by Taschen. Bags made art accessible to a wide audience. Especially the series of paperbacks from various artists and spheres of influence of art from the 20th and 21st centuries are extremely popular.The collection is still growing. The combination of thoroughness, conciseness and low prices explain the success. In the series include Magritte , Dalí , Herring , Escher , Minimal Art , Bauhaus, Rockwell, Wright , Gropius published. Besides a quote, a portrait (back cover) and the signature also contains a brief biography and a selection of the most important works. Librero is the importer of Taschen in Belgium . Especially themes such as architecture , design , photography , fashion and film are discussed in the books. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Taschen many titles were published in a special printing and offered at cheap prices. Expenditure Taschen are highly regarded, especially when it comes to literature on architecture. In all major cities, such as Paris , Cologne ,Brussels and Amsterdam are shops Taschen.
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