Een goed schilderij is een wonder. Van Giotto tot Morris Louis, van Giorgione tot Mi Fu, van Chardin tot hedendaagse schilders, over alle verschillen heen blijft het wonder van de schoonheidservaring onveranderlijk hetzelfde.

Om hierin dieper door te dringen, neemt Francis Smets zijn toevlucht tot een intuïtieve hypothese: het ervaren van schoonheid gebeurt met en door het lichaam. Deze ongewone benadering werpt direct nieuwe vragen op: welke lichamen zijn in deze ontmoeting betrokken en op ...

Kunstenaar Kris Martin brengt in het Kasteel van Laarne een groep van tien hedendaagse Belgische kunstenaars samen onder de noemer NADIR. Het nadir (van het Arabisch nathir, ‘tegenovergesteld’) is in de astronomie het punt dat vlak tegenover het zenit staat en zich dus recht onder de waarnemer bevindt. Voor Martin is het een metafoor: NADIR gaat over kijken naar wat er is, over naar de kern gaan. Hij besloot om het kruim van de Belgische kunstscene samen te brengen in een groepstentoonste...

This handy guide provides numerous insights and shortcuts to drawing and sketching effectively. Describing mandatory skills for beginning and advanced students, the text covers such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective drawing.

Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully written text are more than 150 simply drawn illustrations that depict a sense of space and depth, demonstrate vanishing points and eye level, and explain...

The last century has seen a dramatic shift in gender and sexual identities for both men and women, reflected in a period of artistic experimentation as artists have sought to challenge social conventions and push the boundaries of what has been deemed acceptable. The result is a wealth of deeply emotive and powerful art intended to express a range of desires and experiences but also to question, criticise and provoke dialogue. This small but lavishly illustrated book showcases a selection of ...

A cutting-edge illustrated survey of 75 contemporary tattoo artists from around the world who are pushing the boundaries of their art form

Create unique protest graphics with the Protest Stencil Toolkit, revised and updated for modern-day activists.  

Combine the 42 robust stencils, and the typeface, to create slogans and visual messages.   

Includes symbols from a variety of important protest movement

Somewhere within the iconic images, carefully-made personae, star-studded milieu, million-dollar price tags and famous quotes lies the real Andy Warhol. But who was he? Robert Shore unfolds the multi-dimensional Warhol, dissecting his existence as undisputed art-world hotshot, recreating the amazing circle that surrounded him, and tracing his path to stardom back through his early career and his awkward and unusual youth. After Warhol, nothing would be the same – he changed art forever. Fin...

Take an eerie journey through history as you meet over 180 human skulls and discover the stories behind them.

It is said that the skull is the only human body part that is as powerful dead as it was when living. Skulls is made up of a series of short illustrated stories laced with fascinating facts, historical and medical references and compelling anecdotes. The testimonials of thirty-plus skull collectors reveal what is known of - or speculated about - the often gruesome history of the skull...

The Short Story of the Novel is a new and innovative introduction to the best works of fiction from the last 500 years. Simply constructed, the book explores 60 key novels from The Tale of Genji to My Brilliant Friend. In addition to enjoyable descriptions of the novels and concise explanations of why they are important, the book illuminates the most significant writing genres, themes and techniques. Accessible and fun to read, with a foreword by Professor Peter Boxall, this pocket guide will...