Essays by Ann Jensen Adams, Junko Aono, Ronni Baer, Marianne Berardi, Gwendolyn Boevé-Jones and Eddy Schavemaker, Till-Holger Borchert, Peter van den Brink, Christopher Brown, Martina Brunner-Bulst, Edwin Buijsen, Quentin Buvelot, Ellis Dullaart, Charles Dumas, Frederik J. Duparc, Rudi Ekkart en Claire van den Donk, Ildikó Ember, Wayne Franits, Robert E. Gerhardt, Jeroen Giltaij, Emilie Gordenker, Karen Hearn, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Holger Jacob-Friesen, Hanna Klarenbeek, Wouter Kloek, Magda...

From the beginning of 1914 until his death in 1944, Mondrian wrote more than a hundred essays on the subject of art and society. He wrote in Dutch, French and English, his choice of language often depending on his place of residence. All of Mondrian's writings proclaim his conviction that art paves the way to a better society. Many of Mondrian's texts have been published, but the original versions were often translated, edited, and polished. This book aims to present the painter's words as he...

The twelve animals of the Zodiac feature prominently in countless East-Asian tales and legends, and have always been an important source of inspiration for Chinese, Korean and Japanese artists. Together with the Five Elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water), the twelve animal signs constitute the East-Asian horoscope. They form part of a chronological cycle and, like their Western counterparts, determine the personalities of those born under a certain sign.

The Magnificent Twelve offers...

This dictionary examines and explains every single word (c. 3.350) that appears in Catullus’ poems – with the exception of the generally rejected poems 18-20 – and aims to lend a hand to the numerous poetry lovers and students, who bravely set out to explore his work.

There are many excellent English translations of Catullus’ poetry. The suggestions for translation in this dictionary are indications, which may clarify Catullus’ words. This book aims to be a tool for more contemporar...

Hercules, the superman, the killing machine, the myth – who was the man beneath the lion skin? This biography tells the story of the first superhero, from his traumatic birth to his dramatic death.

Hercules was more than just his twelve famous Labours. He was a father, a lover, and a general. And he was also a cattle-thief, a murderer, and a rapist. Using literary and visual sources from early Greece to the late Roman Empire, this detailed and highly accessible biography fleshes out the cha...

This book is not about parades and mass events of official DPRK propaganda, neither does it pretend to show "secret North Korea". Glimpses of Daily Life presents "unofficial" North Korea. It shows how people live their daily lives against the backdrop of totalitarian ideology - lives of a bizarre otherworldliness within the 21st century. This selection of photographs, made by DPRK watchers over the past decade, not only has a documentary value; the lines and colours of architecture, landscape...