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Rembrandt Seen Through Jewish Eyes
The Artist’s Meaning to Jews from His Time to Ours
2023 || Hardcover || Mirjam Knotter e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
The earliest painting by Rembrandt whose owner is documented depicts the prophet Balaam, on his way to blessing Israel. The man who bought it was a Sephardi Jew in the service of Cardinal Richelieu of France. The first known buyer of an etching plate by Rembrandt, depicting Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael, was a Sephardi Jew of Amsterdam. Seen through their eyes, Rembrandt was the creator of images with a special meaning to Jews. They have been followed through the centuries by Jewish c...
Van Antwerpen naar Amsterdam – Schilderkunst uit de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw ENGELS
2023 || Hardcover || Hannibal Books
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This book presents over ninety masterpieces by Flemish and Dutch artists to show how seventeenth-century Dutch painting could never have flourished the way it did without the foundations laid in sixteenth-century Antwerp. Thoroughly researched, it tells the story of the talented and accomplished artists and merchants who migrated north in search of religious liberty and new commercial opportunities after Antwerp fell to Spanish Catholic troops in 1585.
From Antwerp to Amste...
Barokke Influencers – Jezuïten, Rubens en de kunst van het overtuigen ENGELS
Jesuits, Rubens, and the Arts of Persuasion
2023 || Hardcover || Esther Van Thielen e.a. || Hannibal Books
Hedendaagse blik op barokke meesterwerken
Hoe gebruikten de jezuïeten de barokke beeldtaal van hun tijd om het publiek te overtuigen van hun visie op mens, geloof en maatschappij? In dit prachtig geïllustreerde boek met onder meer talrijke werken van Peter Paul Rubens trachten verschillende auteurs die complexe vraag te beantwoorden.
De setting is Antwerpen in de zeventiende eeuw. De stad was in die tijd het hoofdkwartier van de jezuïetenorde in de Nederlanden en een bastion tegen het calv...
New Surrealism
Advanced Composition in Contemporary Painting
2023 || Hardcover || Robert Zeller || Phaidon Press Limited
New Surrealism introduces an overview of the history of Surrealism and then shows how the themes explored by the early Surrealists are still present in contemporary drawing and composition.
Alongside a survey of contemporary Surrealism, the book also features a special section devoted to the working methods of fourteen artists from today, taking you into their studios to see how they create their artwork.
The Surrealist movement may be over a hundred years old, but it is still relevant to th...
The Riddles of Ukiyo-e
Women and Men in Japanese Prints
2023 || Hardcover || Jim Dwinger || Idea Books B.V.
Aan de hand van beelden van vrouwen en mannen uit de hoogtijdagen van de Japanse prentkunst (1765–1865) gaat dit boek dieper in op de subtiele iconografie en de complexe symbolen die eigen zijn aan deze traditie. De intrigerende elementen verwijzen naar de Japanse geschiedenis, literatuur, mythologie, mode, folklore en roddels uit de Edo-periode en zijn soms moeilijk te onderscheiden, laat staan te vatten, zonder de juiste kennis.
Rare and indispensable
Masterpieces from Flemish collections
2023 || Hardcover || Exhibitions International
Magritte, Bacon, Ensor, Moore, Jordaens, Rubens … These are just some of the world-famous names on display at the MAS in autumn 2023. The not-to-be-missed exhibition 'Rare and Indispensable' brings a unique selection of masterpieces from the Flemish masterpiece list. Works of art you would otherwise have to travel all over Flanders to see, or which were never even publicly accessible, can now be temporarily admired in one museum hall. All in honour of the 20th anniversary of the 'Flemish Ma...
History of Japanese Art after 1945
Institutions, Discourse, Practice
2023 || Hardcover || Kitazawa Noriaki e.a. || Leuven University Press
History of Japanese Art after 1945 is a compilation of essays that surveys the development of art in Japan since WWII. The original Japanese work, which has become essential reading for those with an interest in modern contemporary Japanese art and is a foundational resource for students and researchers, spans the 150 years from the 1850s to the 2010s. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific period and written by a specialist on the subject matter.
For this English edition, overseen by Art Pl...
Anarchy of the Body
Undercurrents of Performance Art in 1960s Japan
2023 || Hardcover || KuroDalaiJee || Leuven University Press
In Anarchy of the Body, art historian KuroDalaiJee (a.k.a. Kuroda Raiji) sheds light on vital pieces of postwar Japanese avant-garde history by contextualizing the social, cultural, and political trajectories of artists across Japan in the 1960s. A culmination of years of research, Anarchy of the Body draws on an extensive breadth of source material to reveal how the practice of performance by individual artists and art groups during this period formed a legacy of resistance against instituti...