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The Netherlandish drawings of the 16th century in the Teylers Museum
2016 || Hardcover || Yvonne Bleyerveld e.a. || Primavera
The collection of drawings Teyler's Museum has a widely known international reputation. This book is part of a series in which previously books were published on Italian drawings of the 15th and 16th century, and on Dutch drawings dating from 1575-1630 and 1740-1800. This book describes the 257 Netherlandish drawings by artists born before 1581. The most important group consists of no fewer than 125 sheets by Hendrick Goltzius; nowhere else in the world there are so many of his drawings. Othe...
The Golden Age of Dutch Marine Painting
The Inder Rieden Collection
|| Hardcover || Gerlinde de Beer || Primavera
Connoisseurship
Essays in honour of Fred G. Meijer
2020 || Hardcover || Charles Dumas e.a. || Primavera
Essays by Ann Jensen Adams, Junko Aono, Ronni Baer, Marianne Berardi, Gwendolyn Boevé-Jones and Eddy Schavemaker, Till-Holger Borchert, Peter van den Brink, Christopher Brown, Martina Brunner-Bulst, Edwin Buijsen, Quentin Buvelot, Ellis Dullaart, Charles Dumas, Frederik J. Duparc, Rudi Ekkart en Claire van den Donk, Ildikó Ember, Wayne Franits, Robert E. Gerhardt, Jeroen Giltaij, Emilie Gordenker, Karen Hearn, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Holger Jacob-Friesen, Hanna Klarenbeek, Wouter Kloek, Magda...
The Magnificent Twelve. Japanese Calligraphy and Artwork on the Theme of the Zodiac
Japanese Calligraphy and Artwork on the Theme of the Zodiac
2022 || Hardcover || Willem van Gulik e.a. || Primavera
The twelve animals of the Zodiac feature prominently in countless East-Asian tales and legends, and have always been an important source of inspiration for Chinese, Korean and Japanese artists. Together with the Five Elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water), the twelve animal signs constitute the East-Asian horoscope. They form part of a chronological cycle and, like their Western counterparts, determine the personalities of those born under a certain sign.
The Magnificent Twelve offers...
A Complete Lexicon to the Poems of Catullus
2023 || Paperback || Ype de Jong || Primavera
This dictionary examines and explains every single word (c. 3.350) that appears in Catullus’ poems – with the exception of the generally rejected poems 18-20 – and aims to lend a hand to the numerous poetry lovers and students, who bravely set out to explore his work.
There are many excellent English translations of Catullus’ poetry. The suggestions for translation in this dictionary are indications, which may clarify Catullus’ words. This book aims to be a tool for more contemporar...
Dutch Ship Tiles
Amsterdam-Utrecht-Harlingen-Makkum 1660-1980
|| Paperback || Jan Pluis || Primavera || met inkijkexemplaar
Hercules (Heruitgave)
The First Superhero
2022 || Paperback || Philip Matyszak || Primavera
Hercules, the superman, the killing machine, the myth – who was the man beneath the lion skin? This biography tells the story of the first superhero, from his traumatic birth to his dramatic death.
Hercules was more than just his twelve famous Labours. He was a father, a lover, and a general. And he was also a cattle-thief, a murderer, and a rapist. Using literary and visual sources from early Greece to the late Roman Empire, this detailed and highly accessible biography fleshes out the cha...
Streets and streams
|| Paperback || Cornelis van Tilburg || Primavera