A new edition of a groundbreaking classic – one of the bestselling World of Art titles, updated for this urgent moment for women artists, and feminist history in general.

Analyzes the most important people, places, and concepts of the early Renaissance period, whose explosion of creativity was to spread throughout Europe in the 16th century. In this book, important facts are called out in the margins of each entry, and key elements are pointed out on each illustration.

First publication in English of three of the most illuminating contemporary assessments of Rubens' spectacular art and career.

The complex history and contested borders that shaped the countries of former Yugoslavia provide the stage on which Croatian-born Lana Mesic´ (NL) weaves new, personal narratives, examining the role and meaning of the enemy image in her fragmented childhood and how this history echoes upon this day. In light of recent political developments in Europe, the book encourages us to reflect on our own experiences. By bringing these to light, it helps to counter the nationalist narratives that domi...

Dichter en beeldend kunstenaar Lucebert is het uitgesproken voorbeeld van een dubbeltalent. Meer dan eens is de vraag gesteld – maar niet echt beantwoord – naar het verband tussen zijn kunstenaarschap. Zelf heeft Lucebert het antwoord altijd ontweken.

In dit boek, dat vooral gaat over zijn vroege werk, toont Marleen Slooff aan dat er wel degelijk sprake is van kruisbestuiving. Dat geldt allereerst voor de verwante thematiek van zijn gedichten en zijn kunstwerken. Maar ook voor de manier w...

> About the cultural and emotional impact of the looting of art on the Jewish community in the Netherlands

> The book accompanies the exhibition Dispossessed at the Jewish Museum and National Holocaust Museum

The Jewish Cultural Quarter and the Rijksmuseum are organizing the exhibition Dispossessed, a major museum project on cultural property that was stolen by the Nazis from Jewish owners in the Netherlands, with a special focus on art, Jewish books and ritual objects.

The stories of Samuel ...