Reveals the decorative seams, refined stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up some of the garments in the V&A's superlative 19th-century fashion collection. This title gives the reader a unique opportunity to examine historical clothing that is often too fragile to be on display.

A reference guide to fifty of the most frequently occurring symbols in global art history

Introducing over 100 great artists (both historic and contemporary), Art Rules provides practical, creative and sometimes tongue-in-cheek advice inspired by those who have succeeded before.

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

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...

If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again.

This work is the result of years of research and compilation of images related to the iconography of Alexander the Great. The image and influence of Alexander is so deep and extensive that the materials compiled have been divided in two parts: volume 1 covers the period from the Ancient World to the Renaissance and the beginning of the modern era; and volume 2 starts with the modern times into the contemporary world, all the way to the present day.

This visual journey shows the extraordinary ...

Het zien en begrijpen van kunst is niet zo vanzelfsprekend als velen menen, althans wanneer zij het oog hebben op de meer of minder beroemde werken van de traditionele scholen. Dat de modernen vaak "moeilijk" zijn, stemmen de meesten grif toe. Men vindt veelal dat kunstenaars als Picasso, Dali en Chagall onbegrijpelijke puzzels opgeven, maar de grote oudere meesters, Raphael, Rembrandt en vele anderen kan iedereen "mooi" vinden, al komt men gewoonlijk niet verder dan tot deze vage en onbeduid...

Toos Hagenaars (90) oudste lid van Groninger kunstkring De Ploeg en Cornelis van Mierlo (88)

een excentriek/bijzonder en eigenzinnig echtpaar delen in dit boek hun lust en hun leven: de

verwondering voor natuur en mens. Geboren in Venlo en daarna de wereld rondreizend.

Toos tekende gezichten op markten, in tehuizen en theaters. Cornelis schreef zijn gedichten in de

gebroken donkere nachten. Hun tekeningen en gedichten staan los van elkaar en zijn verbonden

door deze kaft.

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