TASCHEN store spotlight: big art, photo and history books in US dollars

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TASCHEN has been publishing illustrated books since 1980, and its own online store sells the whole catalog direct, with prices shown in US dollars for American shoppers. If you've ever picked up one of its chunky art monographs in a museum shop, this is where the full range lives: art, architecture and design, photography, pop culture and the "Classics" line, which brings historic illustrated works back into print.

The books are known for big formats, heavy paper and careful reproduction. Each book page lists the page count, the language editions on offer and the price for your region, so you can see exactly what you're getting before you buy.

It suits two kinds of buyer. One wants an affordable, well-made introduction to an artist, and the 45th anniversary editions cover that. The other wants a statement book for the coffee table or a gift that feels like an occasion, and that's where the larger formats and multi-volume sets come in.

What's worth a look

Here are six titles from the current list, with the US prices shown on each book's page when we checked.

The Michelangelo 45th edition is the easy entry point at $30: more than 500 pages covering his sculpture, painting and architecture. At the other end, The Book of the Human Body is a two-volume anthology of anatomical illustration from antiquity to the start of the Information Age, and it's $200. Basketball fans should look at the official Lakers history, made with the team, which runs to 528 pages for $100. Several of these are listed as pre-orders on the US store, so check the availability note on the book's page before you order a gift for a set date.

For photography lovers, National Geographic. The United States of America is a state-by-state tour drawn from the magazine's archive, with more than 700 images across 792 pages. The Hollywood Style, first published in 1969 and now back in a revised edition, goes inside 27 Los Angeles homes that belonged to actors, directors and studio figures, with added vintage photography. Merian collects the work of Maria Sibylla Merian, the 17th-century artist whose studies of insects and their life cycles made her a pioneer of entomology.

Current offers

We don't have a TASCHEN discount code at the moment. The store doesn't run blanket sitewide sales often, so the best value usually comes from choosing the right edition rather than waiting for a code.

How to save more

• Look at the 45th anniversary series first. These are compact versions of well-known titles, and they cost a fraction of the large-format editions.
• Sign up for the TASCHEN newsletter at the foot of any page to hear about new releases and anything special the store is running.
• If you're buying for someone whose taste you don't know, TASCHEN sells gift cards, and there's a balance checker linked from the footer.

Products, prices and offers checked on the store's own website on 5 Nov 2026. Prices and stock can change.

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