With the help of 100 artworks, this book guides you through the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Learn more about Kazimir Malevich's groundbreaking abstract paintings, the ingeniously knotted chair by Marcel Wanders, nearly kitschy art by Jeff Koons, and Rineke Dijkstra's intense portraits.
De Universiteit Gent bewaart een belangrijke collectie middeleeuwse handschriften, waarvan talrijke schitterend verlucht zijn. Voor deze wetenschappelijke catalogus werden alle manuscripten opnieuw onderzocht en beschreven. De talrijke illustraties van miniaturen, gehistorieerde initialen, randversieringen en tekstpagina's tonen de rijkdom van de collectie die door deze nieuwe publicatie in woord en beeld wordt ontsloten.
A balanced view of the exceptional talent of an artist who achieved greatness in an age when female artists were rare - Michaelina Wautier (1604-1689).
In the early sixteenth century Bruges had a stable economic climate that was not to be compared with the heady heyday of the fifteenth century. A small but wealthy elite continued to commission works of art but in general demand was falling, though the quality of what was produced was still high. Around the same time, a number of leading humanists congregated in the city. Erasmus called Bruges the 'Athens of the North'.The catalogue provides a...
The Van Gogh Museum invited the celebrated Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi to present recent work inspired by Vincent van Gogh. Although the two artists differ greatly in historical period and place of origin, their art is very similar in substance. This similarity is apparent in the themes that Van Gogh and Zeng both perpetually explore, such as style, identity and personality, and the question of self-control and the outside world's degree of con...
Presents detailed studies and superb illustrations of eighty-two of Rubens's most eloquent oil sketches, and two essays explaining the historical context from which they emerged, their salient features and how they were viewed by contemporaries.
