De Gevelstenen van Amsterdam, van vóór 1800

Rond 1800 werd in Amsterdam een systeem van huisnummering ingevoerd. Vóór die tijd werd de ligging van een pand omschreven door onder andere te verwijzen naar een gevelsteen. Men woonde in ‘Het Zwarte Schaap’, in ‘De Rode Leeuw’, in ‘Het Melkmeisje’ of in het huis ertegenover of ernaast.

Gevelstenen functioneerden als ‘reclameborden’ voor de handel of nering die in het pand werd uitgeoefend, bevatten een toespeling op de naam v...

A compelling and vivid narrative history of one of the founding civilizations of the modern world, the Byzantine empire, evocatively told through the lives of its 92 emperors.

The Byzantine empire was one of the most successful states of the Middle Ages, ruling over a huge terrain straddling Europe and western Asia for an unrivalled eleven hundred years. Yet its history remains largely unfamiliar. This chronicle brings this majestic yet turbulent period to life through the lives of...

A new way of appreciating art that puts the artwork front and centre, brought to us by one of the freshest and most exciting new voices in cultural criticism.

Ideal as a spur to creative inspiration, this beautiful book offers a striking and unusual view of the wide array of Pacific art, evoking the skills of the most accomplished Pacific artists and craftworkers, past and present.

It is so good, after so many years of public indifference, even hostility towards Vincent and his work, to feel towards the end of my life that the battle is won.'

JO VAN GOGH-BONGER TO GUSTAVE COQUIOT, 1922

'It is a sacrifice for the sake of Vincent's glory.'

JO VAN GOGH-BONGER ON THE SALE OF 'THE SUNFLOWERS' TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY, UK, 1924

Little known but no less influential, Jo van Gogh-Bonger was sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh, wife of his brother, Theo. When the brothers died soo...