Nordic Art and Way of Life
Art World, Artists and Themes
ISBN: HB: 9780300276275,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
November 2024
304 pp., 29,2x23,8 cm, 274 colour illus.
304 pp., 29,2x23,8 cm, 274 colour illus.
An exploration of the development of the art scene, its socio-political context, and the role of the fine arts in nineteenth-century Nordic society.
This book captures for the first time the full story of Nordic art and its corresponding way of lif...
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60.00 GBP
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Swedish Ecstacy
Hilma af Klint, August Strindberg and Other Visionaries
ISBN: PB: 9780300273052,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
September 2024
208 pp., 27,0x21,0 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
208 pp., 27,0x21,0 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
This book explores the works of one of Sweden's most esteemed artists, Hilma af Klint, alongside others in her artistic circle – and examines their inspirational influence on contemporary artists working today.
"Swedish Ecstasy" tells the story of r...
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Thomas Lerooy
Field Guide
This monograph of Lerooy's drawings, paintings, and sculptures surveys nearly 100 works from the vital years of his career.
Thomas Lerooy Field Guide is an important monographic publication that brings together key works by the Belgian artist from 2...
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60.00 GBP
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James Ensor and Stillife in Belgium: 1830-1930
Rose, Rose, Rose a mes yeux
ISBN: HB: 9780300273199,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
February 2024
176 pp., 26,0x21,0 cm, 160 colour and black&white illus.
176 pp., 26,0x21,0 cm, 160 colour and black&white illus.
A unique journey with James Ensor through the history of still life in Belgium in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Still life played an important role within the work of Belgian expressionist and symbolist painter James Ensor (1860-1949). Th...
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Shared Passion
An African Art Collection Built in the XXIst Century
ISBN: HB: 9780300267013,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
October 2023
352 pp., 31,1x27,9 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.
352 pp., 31,1x27,9 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.
Highlighting the strong bond between a collector and an art dealer, "Shared Passion" explores a remarkable collection of African art assembled in the twenty-first century.
This book documents and celebrates the patience and perseverance of, and the...
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85.00 GBP
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Bill Viola
Love/Death - The Tristan Project
ISBN: HB: 9780300270174,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
October 2023
128 pp., 28,0x22,0 cm, 75 colour illus.
128 pp., 28,0x22,0 cm, 75 colour illus.
In 2004, the opera scene was taken by storm by the ground-breaking production of Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" in Los Angeles.
This book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the visionary American artist Bill Viola created four hours...
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35.00 GBP
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Pierre Culot
ISBN: HB: 9780300270136,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
October 2023
256 pp., 24,1x16,5 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
256 pp., 24,1x16,5 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
Pierre Culot (1938-2011) was a Belgian ceramist and sculptor who was trained by Antoine de Vinck and English master potter Bernard Leach. He is one of the ceramists of the 1950s who transformed their craft into an art form. In his work, Pierre Culot...
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60.00 GBP
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Angel Vergara
In an Instant
ISBN: HB: 9780300270167,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
May 2023
256 pp., 28,0x21,0 cm, 150 colour illus.
256 pp., 28,0x21,0 cm, 150 colour illus.
Angel Vergara's (1958, based in Brussels) work is a continued investigation into the power of the image. By means of performances, videos, installations, paintings and drawings, he tests the limits of art and reality. Each of his works is an attempt...
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Jan Van Imschoot
The End is Never Near
ISBN: HB: 9780300266986,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
February 2023
240 pp., 30,1x21,9 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.
240 pp., 30,1x21,9 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.
A comprehensive overview of the oeuvre of Belgian painter Jan Van Imschoot.
A comprehensive overview of the oeuvre of Belgian painter Jan Van Imschoot (b. 1963), whose contemporary work builds bridges to predecessors such as Caravaggio, Tintoretto,...
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55.00 GBP
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Alexandria
Past Futures
ISBN: PB: 9780300270181,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
January 2023
240 pp., 27,0x21,0 cm, 170 colour and black&white illus.
240 pp., 27,0x21,0 cm, 170 colour and black&white illus.
Founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria's unique urban, political and religious organization evolved alongside the numerous scientific innovations and philosophical expressions that shaped the city into one of the ancient world's civiliz...
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