Nergens in Europa worden zoveel heiligen gevierd als in Spanje. De belangrijkste feesten van iedere stad of dorp zijn de patroonsfeesten ter ere van de schutspatroon en op sommige plaatsen zijn die uitgegroeid tot grote evenementen die vaak een week duren en internationale bekendheid hebben gekregen. Denken we maar aan Fallas in Valencia, de Virgen del Pilar in Zaragoza, de Sanfermines in Pamplona, de feesten van San Juan langs de hele kust, de bedevaarten van Rocío en Santiago…

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Explore the enchanting world of 'Animal Human Fusion,' a unique grayscale coloring book featuring 53 exquisite pages that blend the elegance of goddesses with the essence of animals. Each page showcases stunning illustrations of ethereal beings seamlessly merged with creatures from the animal kingdom, creating a harmonious fusion of beauty and nature. With intricate details and captivating designs, this coloring book offers a captivating journey into a realm where the divine meets the wild. U...

The innovation of higher education is incredibly important to the future of our society. In this volume, Jeroen Lutters traces the source of his pedagogical philosophy on higher education, the Free University of Bernard Lievegoed, founded in 1971. Fifty years after this alternative form of higher education was launched, the concept remains a crucial guideline for Lutters in creating a non-reductionist, de-disciplined, multi-level form of higher education. Essential reading for those looking f...

Lammert Popma heet mijn hoofdpersoon. Friese immigrantenzoon in het land tussen Peel en Maas. 'Herenboer' noem ik hem. We lijken op elkaar: nogal eigenzinnig en weerspannig. De plotselinge dood van zijn vrouw Gonnie breekt de ingewikkelde verknoping van het kinderloze stel open. Er komt ruimte voor waarheid, waarachtigheid.

Wie was deze Gonnie Popma-Danoois? Net als haar man, zeulde ze een leven lang een zak geheimen met zich mee. Ze beschreef haar leven uitgebreid in een autobiografie: het...

Matthieu Ronsse creates paintings that often seem unfinished, comprised of references to old masters, fragments from his private life, or clippings from books on photography and architecture. He challenges the traditional painting method, questioning its qualities of materials, techniques, subject, and history. ‘A Procession of Lobsters’ offers an overview of work that Ronsse creates ‘in situ’: at a petrol station, in the house of a collector, for a catering company, within watchtower...

The world today faces overwhelming ecological and social problems and the concern for material existence on earth is more pressing than ever. Making Matters spells out various roles that visual artists and designers play facing these issues. Collective action is necessary and inevitable.

Collective action often changes the artist’s identity and working habits: from individuality and autonomy to collectivity and collaboration, both locally and globally. These developments have given rise to ...

A concise account of the history of fashion and costume from prehistoric times through to today.

The Greek myths are so much part of our culture that we tend to forget how they entered it in the first place. Visual sources – vase paintings, engraved gems and sculpture in bronze and stone – often pre-date references to the myths in literature, or offer alternative, unfamiliar tellings. In some cases visual art provides our only evidence, as there is no surviving account in ancient Greek literature of such important stories as the Fall of Troy, or Theseus and the Minotaur.

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The Books That Shaped Art History provides an invaluable roadmap of the field by reassessing the impact of the most important texts of art history published during the 20th century. Each of the sixteen incisive chapters, focusing on a single book, is written by a leading art historian, curator or one of the promising scholars of today. In bringing these cross-generational contributions together, the book presents a varied and invaluable overview of the history of art, told through its most en...