Rembrandt van Rijn's paintings made him the star of the seventeenth-century Dutch golden age, but he was also an extraordinarily productive and original printmaker. In more than 300 known etchings, he covered the full range of subjects and styles for which he is celebrated, including self-portraits, scenes from the Bible, landscapes, vignettes of everyday life and character studies. Each of his prints is both a beautiful work in itself and an X-ray of the strategies of composition and scene-setting that went into his paintings. Rembrandt as Printmaker presents 69 of Rembrandt's finest prints from The British Museum, which is widely considered to hold the world's broadest collection. It is published on the occasion of the four-hundred-year anniversary of the artist's birth.

On April 26, 1937, the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain was bombed by Hitler's Luftwaffe in the midst of a bloody civil war on behalf of Francisco Franco's rebel forces. Twenty-four hours later, the village lay in ruins, its population decimated. This act of terror and unspeakable cruelty--the first large-scale attack against civilians in modern warfare-outraged the world, and one man in particular. Pablo Picasso, an expatriate living in Paris, responded to the devastation in his homeland by beginning work on "Guernica," a painting that many today consider the greatest artwork of the twentieth century.
Weaving themes of politics, art, war, and morality, and featuring some of the twentieth century's most memorable and infamous figures, Martin follows this renowned masterwork across decades and continents. From Europe to America and, finally, back to Spain, "Picasso's War" sheds light on the conflict that was an ominous prelude to World War II and delivers an unforgettable portrait of a genius whose visionary statement about the horror and terrible wounds of war still resonates today.

Geschiedenis, techniek, stijlkenmerken en achtergronden van het oosterse tapijt.

Verzameling van honderd iconen rond evenzovele thema's en onderwerpen, vergezeld van een beschrijvende tekst.

Met aandacht voor Koen van Velsen, Thomas Nollet - Hilde Huyghe, Andrea Roost, Michele Arnaboldi, Stephan Braunfels, DMT Architecten, Auguste Perret, Eduardo Souto de Moura. [ISSN 0930-0252]

Met aandacht voor Vincent van Duysen, UN Studio, Axel Schultes - Charlotte Frank, Paul Robrecht - Hilde Daem, Alvaro Siza, Guignard & Saner, Beat Consoni. [ISSN 0930-0252]

Aandacht voor Norman Foster, Stephane Beel, Valerio Olgiati, Christian Kieckens, Herzog & deMeuron, Mecanoo, Gesine Weinmiller. [ISSN 0930-0252]

Western art has evolved through a wide, range of styles, each characterized by its own unique philosophy and masterpieces. This series is a visual tribute to these formative movements in Western art and the artists and forces that created them. An elegant style characterized by ornamental, sinuous lines, Art Nouveau created a unity between the fine arts, the applied arts, architecture, and decoration of all types. Here is a stunning visual celebration of the art and artists of this movement.

Feng Shui in the Home marries the eastern art of feng shui with contemporary interior design. This gorgeous book is an accessible, practical guide that makes the sophisticated art of feng shui easy to understand and apply-room by room-in your home.Feng Shui in the Home explains how to use the bagua, or map of energies, to relate to specific areas of your home and life - such as wealth, love, and health - to bring about beneficial change. With an emphasis on modern design, it examines the positioning of furniture, the application of colors and materials, the display of art, and the organization of space.This beautiful book explores the theories and history of feng shui, with advice on how to make changes in your environment to help activate the flow of energy or "Qi". Using more than 100 stunning photographs, straightforward instructions, and easy-to-follow diagrams, Feng Shui in the Home explores a variety of ways to address imbalances in your home and thus create harmony in your life.

Overzicht van het werk van de Nederlandse kunstenaar (1924- ).