In 'nijntje XXL miffy' ligt de focus op Dick Bruna als baanbrekend illustrator. Bruna’s werk is bedrieglijk simpel. De herkenbare, ogenschijnlijk kinderlijke vormen en kleuren zijn in werkelijkheid zeer weldoordacht. Juist de verregaande stilering en vereenvoudiging geven Bruna’s illustraties hun krachtige uitwerking, op jong en oud.

De illustraties van Bruna zijn visionair en vooruitstrevend. Hij raakte geïnspireerd door avant-gardisten zoals Braque, Picasso, Matisse en Léger. Het kle...

As I shut myself out from a crowded place

I was feeling in expressing myself in words written down

So I did and on a daily basis I delivered a poem

This is the result; a poem-album finished somewhere

in the winter of 2019

Only 25 years in one night went lost in the kosmos. I hope it's doing

fine out there. The rest you can read just about now

It taken place in Barcelona where I gave birth to this book; 156

characters in poetic style: Poetic Justice!

In this book, Gert Biesta presents a new approach to contemporary art education by showing the unique possibilities the arts offer to establish a dialogue with the world around us. This approach to art education is based on teaching as a process of showing, where the teacher shows the student what could be good, important or meaningful to master in the world. As a starting point for illustrating this method, the book proposes 'How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare' (1965) by Joseph Beuys, wh...

The Art of Bodypainting

Een gedroomde werkelijkheid

The Art of Bodypainting bevat een collectie fascinerende bodypaintings van uitzonderlijke klasse. Het boek geeft een representatief beeld van de kwaliteit van deze kunstvorm anno 2012. De 120 meesterwerken zijn vervaardigd door 45 toonaangevende kunstenaars uit tal van landen, in samenwerking met modellen en fotografen van hoog niveau. Samen schetsen ze de lezer een gedroomde werkelijkheid; een werkelijkheid die de zinnen prikkelt, die verwa...

The Art Book takes readers on a tour of the world's greatest artistic movements and works - from prehistoric cave painting to postmodern art - and the key ideas behind them. The second book in a new strand of DK's bestselling "Big Ideas" series that focuses on the visual and performing arts, The Art Book brings an innovative approach to the subject, with a strong graphic style and clear, readable text that helps to locate each artist within a broader cultural context.

One of the most important collections of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, available to the public for the first time.

This is the third edition of the highly successful Advertising Concept Book. As well as substantially expanded chapters on interactive advertising and integrated advertising, an entirely new chapter on branded social media has been added. This new edition contains fifty specially drawn new illustrations of key campaigns.

It covers every aspect of the business, from how to write copy and learn the creative process to how agencies work and the different strategies used for all types of media. P...