In this book, the author argues that atheism should deepen its roots. Atheism should not only present itself as a cognitive matter, the denial of the existence of god(s), and as a moral matter, the confirmation of freedom from religious rules, but should develop a sentimental-emotional dimension. Atheism should cultivate a cluster of basic human emotions: the experience of reality as both a creative and destructive process that remains fascinating, miraculous, and mysterious, notwithstanding ...

Firstly I remember the way Lucassen used to look at things, his eyes so indescribably still and attentive. The eyes of a painter looking at things in order to make them still. Painters look with intense patience so that they will not disregard even the smallest of things. They look that way at a painting for a long time while it is being made – until the work is finished. It is finished when the painter no longer knows how to continue.

But still he goes on looking and peering to see what th...

Crowned the “Prince of Painters” by Giorgio Vasari, Raphael (1483–1520) was one of the most popular artists of the Italian Renaissance. Famous for his serene and harmonious series of Madonnas and his work at the Vatican Palace, he was an extremely influential painter, both during and after his own lifetime. Raphael in Detail shows his masterpieces in unprecedented, large-format details. The art historian and specialist of the Italian Renaissance, Stefano Zuffi, takes the reader on a voy...

A selection of works examining of the most beautiful, transformative and amusing expressions of the autumn season drawn from Tate's collection. Divided into key themes - 'Fields of Gold', 'A Bountiful Harvest', 'Indoors & Outdoors', 'Symbolism', 'Bump in the Night' and 'Abstraction' - this little book considers how the traditional season of harvest and falling leaves has influenced artists over the centuries. Works of art - including paintings, drawings, sculptures, illustrations and installa...

Updated and expanded Dedicated to the entire history of feminist artworks on an international scale, this comprehensive survey traces the ways in which feminists have shaped art and visual culture from the mid nineteenth to the twenty-first century.

A captivating visual exploration of motherhood as seen through the eyes of artists over the last 150 years.

René Magritte died in 1967, exactly fifty years ago, but Belgium’s most famous surrealist continues to seduce and surprise us with his confusing images of birds that are clouds, men in bowler hats floating in the air, a bleeding statue and a train coming out of an open hearth.

Magritte unveiled: a biography in 50 pictures aims to penetrate the secret world of René Magritte and lift the veil to show the meaning of his works. Taken together, the fifty carefully selected works give a chronol...

René Magritte est mort en 1967, il y a juste cinquante ans, mais le plus célèbre des surréalistes de Belgique continue à nous séduire et nous étonner avec ses images troublantes d’oiseaux-nuages, de petits hommes à chapeau melon flottants, de statue qui saigne et de train qui sort de la cheminée.

Magritte dévoilé. Une biographie en 50 tableaux entend pénétrer le monde secret de René Magritte et dévoiler le sens de son oeuvre. Ces cinquante peintures soigneusement sélectionn�...

Siemen Dijkstra

Arctische landschappen - Dreams of a landscapist

In dit boek vertelt meester-kleurenhoutsnijder Siemen Dijkstra over zijn fascinatie voor het kale oerlandschap dat hij kent van zijn tochten naar Spitsbergen en Groenland. Hij toont de schetsen, voorstudies en tekeningen uit de periode 2007 tot 2013.

Deze vormen de basis voor een reeks van tien kleuren-houtsneden uit 2015-2016 die alle op ware grootte in het boek zijn opgenomen.

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In dit collectieboek is informatie over alle ca. 2000 werken in de collectie van Museum Belvédère te vinden. Na de inleiding bestaat het eerste - meer beeldende - deel uit een weergave van talrijke hoogtepunten uit de collectie, ingedeeld naar thema’s als: ‘Havens, zee, duinen’; ‘Mensen, koppen, portretten’ en ‘Bloemen, struiken, bomen’. Het twee deel bestaat uit een alfabetische opsomming van alle kunstwerken uit de collectie, die op naam van de kunstenaar terug te vinden zij...