Taschen 塔森出版社介绍

它最开始是出版连环画的。

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).

它把平常难得一见的的艺术作品介绍给普罗大众

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.

它出版的书大小种类有很多种，从达芬奇到图标

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.

它的使命是以流行的价格出版创造性的，美学设计的书

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.

它出版了世界出版史上最贵的书15000$

In the spring of 2014 Taschen’s Basic Art Series received major criticism in public media for its focus on male artists. The series consists of 97 books, 5 of which are of female artists. Malm?0?2 Konsthall in Sweden was the first institution to highlight the problem

最近因为它出版的作品中大部分是男性艺术家作品而受到批评。