The eighteenth century is the most international, most European century in Dutch (art) history. This book, with 100 of the most beautiful and surprising objects from the Rijksmuseum's collection of eighteenth-century art and history, demonstrates this beautifully – even if only by the iconic picture of a Dutch girl at breakfast painted in 1756 by Swiss artist Jean-Etienne Liotard. Many other paintings, sculptures, pieces of furniture, silver and golden showpieces and other works of art were...

De achttiende eeuw is de meest internationale, meest Europese eeuw in de Nederlandse (kunst)geschiedenis. Dit boek, met honderd van de mooiste en verrassendste voorwerpen uit de verzameling achttiende-eeuwse kunst en geschiedenis van het Rijksmuseum, laat dat prachtig zien. Al was het maar met het beeldbepalende Hollands meisje aan het ontbijt, in 1756 geschilderd door de Zwitserse kunstenaar Jean-Etienne Liotard. Veel andere schilderijen, beeldhouwwerken, meubelen, pronkstukken van zilver en...

Japan Modern presents an overview of Japanese printing in the first half of the twentieth century. Japan was flourishing in the years after 1900. Modern city culture offered plenty of opportunities, the landscape changed, the position of women improved and optimism abounded. At the same time, the many changes produced feelings of nostalgia.

Prints made in this period portray the turbulent times unlike anything else. Using an ancient wood-carving technique, artists show us modern life: streets...