Een eigentijdse kijk op het magistrale oeuvre van Dieric Bouts

Dieric Bouts (ca. 1410/1420–1475) is een van de meest ongrijpbare figuren uit de geschiedenis van de westerse kunst. Vlaamse primitief van de tweede generatie, schilder van de stilte – het zijn de etiketten die hij meestal opgeplakt krijgt. Maar is de Brabantse meester niet veel meer dan dat?

In dit boek, gepubliceerd naar aanleiding van de grote retrospectieve DIERIC BOUTS. Beeldenmaker in M Leuven, wordt een poging ondernome...

A fascinating immersion into the cartography and history of the Low Countries

An old map does not only represent a geographical situation; it also embodies a veritable journey of discovery through world history. In this book, historian Anne-Rieke van Schaik immerses herself in the many stories behind the fascinating maps, prints, atlases, globes and instruments belonging to the Phoebus Foundation’s collection. These objects testify to glorious moments and dark interludes in the history of t...

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In 1515, Pope Leo X commissioned the Italian

painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483–1520), now

generally known as Raphael in English, to make

the cartoons for a series of ten tapestries with

scenes from the lives of Saints Peter and Paul.

This commission played an instrumental part

in the stylistic development of the Flemish

tapestries, a marvellous illustration of princely

splendour in the sixteenth century. Under

Habsburg rule, Brussels soon emerged as a

leading manufactory for exqui...

Magnificent publication on the depiction of Paris by the French impressionists such as Monet, Cassatt, Renoir and Degas

In 1867, Claude Monet painted three iconic views of Paris from the balcony of the Louvre, thus firing the starting shot of Impressionism. This book explores these groundbreaking works in detail, alongside a multitude of other Impressionist paintings and drawings.

Experts from leading museums around the world show how Paul Cézanne, Gustave Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt and many ...