From Sumatra to Java, from the Moluccas to Papua: across the whole of Indonesia, ancestors have played and still play a leading role. The cults and representations are evidence of an enormous diversity, power and poetry. This unique introduction to Indonesia starts out from cultural heritage, but also poses topical questions about the place of traditions and rituals in contemporary society. Never before exhibited archaeological and ethnographic treasures are brought together with unique foota...

In the early sixteenth century Bruges had a stable economic climate that was not to be compared with the heady heyday of the fifteenth century. A small but wealthy elite continued to commission works of art but in general demand was falling, though the quality of what was produced was still high. Around the same time, a number of leading humanists congregated in the city. Erasmus called Bruges the 'Athens of the North'.

The catalogue provides a sampling of Bruges's artistic production between...

Indonesië beslaat met zijn meer dan 17.000 eilanden een oppervlakte die gelijk is aan het grondgebied van de Europese Unie. De Indonesische archipel is een plaats van samenvloeiingen en ontmoetingspunten, en was altijd al een van de belangrijkste knooppunten van de wereldhandel. Lang voor de containerschepen en olietankers van vandaag, hebben hier Austronesisiche bootjes, Arabische dhows, Chinese jonken, Iberische karvelen en vaartuigen van Oost-Indische Compagnie aangemeerd. De geschiedenis...