Wat kunstgeschiedenis ons vertelt over sociale media

Wat heeft de Heilige Drievuldigheid te maken met sociale media? Waarom zijn we zo dol op kleurenfilters? Wat maakt hashtags zo krachtig? En waarom beleven we digitale beelden anders dan analoge?

In Instagrammable – Kunst, beeld en sociale media duikt Koenraad Jonckheere diep in de verrassende verbanden tussen 2.500 jaar Europese kunstgeschiedenis en onze moderne beeldcultuur op sociale media. Hij onthult hoe eeuwenoude ideeën over observ...

"Making and Meaning" präsentiert ausgewählte Werke aus dem Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center des Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. In bebilderten Essays, Werktexten, Gedichten und einer Zeitleiste offenbart der Band den überwältigenden Reichtum einer Sammlung, die sich von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart erstreckt.Der Band verdeutlicht die enorme Vielfalt der Sammlung anhand von Gemälden, Grafiken, Fotografien, Skulpturen und Kunsthandwerk. Die Texte von Kurator*innen und Dozent*inn...

A BOOK OF DISCOVERY

"The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole"

A LITTLE OLD WORLD

No story is complete unless it begins at the very beginning. But where is the beginning? Where is the dawn of geographyâ€"the knowledge of our earth? What was it like before the first explorers made their way into distant lands? Every day that passes we are gaining fresh knowledge of the dim and silent past.

Every day men are patiently digging in the...

Discover the dynamic connection between art history and social media

How are the Holy Trinity and social media related? Why do we love colour filters so much? What makes hashtags so powerful? And why do we experience digital images so differently from their analogue counterparts?

In Instagrammable – What Art Tells Us About Social Media, Koenraad Jonckheere delves into the surprising similarities between 2,500 years of European art history and our modern image culture on social media. He rev...

The first substantial book on the French Neo-Romantics, a cosmopolitan group working in 1920s Paris who turned against modernist abstraction in favour of a new form of figurative painting.

Discover the Enchanting Garden of Rubens

The garden of the Rubenshuis is a hidden gem in the heart of Antwerp. This is where the world-famous artist lived and relaxed with his family and entourage. Here Rubens chatted with Isabella and later with Helena. This is also where he welcomed his guests and where his children played, enveloped in the potent fragrance of orange and lime trees.

Thanks to the colour consultancy of fashion designer Dries Van Noten, visitors can now enjoy 365 days of colo...