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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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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45.00 GBP
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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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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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45.00 GBP
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Vincent van Gogh
Matters of Identity
ISBN: PB: 9780300257687,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
January 2021
160 pp., 24,4x19,0 cm, 120 colour and black&white illus.
160 pp., 24,4x19,0 cm, 120 colour and black&white illus.
Full of surprising anecdotes, this book tells the story of the discovery in 2018 that one of only two known photographs of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is, in fact, of his brother, Theo. The detective-style narrative continues from there to Samuel De...
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25.00 GBP
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James Ensor
Chronicle of His Life, 1860-1949
ISBN: PB: 9780300253979,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
September 2020
224 pp., 24,8x20,0 cm, 200 illus.
224 pp., 24,8x20,0 cm, 200 illus.
The Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late 19th century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early 20th century. Daring and socially engaged, Ensor included po...
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30.00 GBP
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Mirror of Reality
19th-Century Painting in the Netherlands
ISBN: HB: 9780300250442,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
February 2020
384 pp., 27,9x22,8 cm, 500 colour illus.
384 pp., 27,9x22,8 cm, 500 colour illus.
This comprehensive overview is the first book in more than 60 years on the underexplored history of painting in the Netherlands in the 19th century. Jenny Reynaerts, an acclaimed specialist in 19th-century Dutch art, takes a close look at works from...
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45.00 GBP
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Fernand Khnopff
ISBN: HB: 9780300246506,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
November 2019
304 pp., 26,7x24,1 cm, 210 colour illus.
304 pp., 26,7x24,1 cm, 210 colour illus.
In this beautifully illustrated book, Michel Draguet, an internationally recognized authority on fin-de-siecle art, offers an enlightening examination of the life and art of Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921). Khnopff achieved wide...
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45.00 GBP
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Bruegel's Winter Scenes
Historians and Art Historians in Dialogue
ISBN: HB: 9780300236927,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
October 2018
352 pp., 30,0x24,1 cm, 310 colour illus.
352 pp., 30,0x24,1 cm, 310 colour illus.
This focused volume presents a deep exploration and new interpretations of the winter paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569). By applying new methodological approaches and interdisciplinary research to these masterpieces of Flemish Ren...
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50.00 GBP
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Luluwa
Central African Art Between Heaven and Earth
ISBN: HB: 9780300222487,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
June 2018
240 pp., 30,5x25,4 cm, 175 colour illus., 25 black&white illus.
240 pp., 30,5x25,4 cm, 175 colour illus., 25 black&white illus.
Living in the region between the Lubudi and Kasai rivers in south central Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Luluwa people are known for their elaborately carved male and female figure sculptures, masks, and decorative arts. Constantine Petridis d...
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75.00 GBP
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