This 2-volume set is the first comprehensive critical review of the Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl factories from their beginnings to their eventual merger, and the history of Danish porcelain.

In voorgaande studies wees Jan Strybol er op dat de beeldhouwkunst in Noord-Nigeria - in tegenstelling tot wat doorgaans aangenomen wordt - een grote bloei kende. Houtsculpturen trof men zowat overal aan, met uitzondering van een gedeelte van het Hoge Noorden. In deze studie onderzoekt de auteur vooreerst de sculpturale tradities van een aantal volkeren in Centraal-Nigeria, meer bepaald van het Jos-Plateau en van de vallei van de Midden-Benue tot aan het brongebied van de Taraba-rivier. Deze ...

Homes by the Water is a beautiful compilation of photogenic residences from around the world, designed to make the most of their waterside locations.

This book offers a unique overview of wood as the main construction material for residential buildings worldwide, and introduces architects, interior designers, and builders to the diversity of contemporary timber architecture.

Tilla Durieux (1880-1971) war gefeierter Theater- und Filmstar, moderne Frau der 1920er-Jahre, politisch engagierte Zeitgenossin und galt als die am meisten porträtierte Frau ihrer Epoche. Ihre Rollen waren ebenso vielfältig wie auch die Liste der Künstler*innen, denen sie Modell saß: unter ihnen Auguste Renoir, Max Slevogt, Lovis Corinth, Franz von Stuck, Charley Toorop, Ernst Barlach, August Gaul, Mary Duras, Emil Orlik, Sasha Stone, Oskar Kokoschka, Olaf Gulbransson, Max Oppenheimer o...

This volume aims to re-examine and reassess the importance of Impressionist collectors in the political, social and economic contexts of their times through the contributions of 16 international specialists.

The second expanded and updated edition of a bestselling book that presents the world's most expensive watches.

This publication, the fourth volume of an important catalogue raisonné of the work of Francis Picabia (1879-1953), includes paintings and selected drawings dating from 1940 into 1952.

During the war years, while still residing in the south of France, Picabia was primarily occupied by figural subjects - multi figure allegories, female nudes, and glamorous female "portraits" - painted in bold illusionistic relief. Notorious even in his lifetime, most of these works are now known to have adapte...