Henk Melgers (1899-1973) is een interessante Groningse schilder, die tot nu toe in de schaduw is gebleven van tijdgenoten als Altink, Wiegers en Dijkstra. Melgers was lid van De Ploeg in de hoogtijdagen van deze kunstenaarsgroep en heeft net als zijn medeleden het Groninger landschap en het boerenleven geschilderd. Meer dan bij andere Ploegleden is in zijn werk het zware leven van werkers op het land verwerkt. Deze sociale betrokkenheid is nog in sterkere mate terug te vinden in de grafiek va...

EEN VROLIJKE RONDLEIDING DOOR DE STAD VANUIT JE LUIE STOEL

Sieb Posthuma hield van Amsterdam. Dat blijkt al uit de talloze illustraties waarin zijn stad een hoofd- of bijrol speelde. Maar ook uit de manier waarop hij Amsterdam tekende. Met zijn eigen kijk en zijn kenmerkende stijl waarin hij de schoonheid, de sfeer en soms ook de waanzin van de stad weergaf.

Jan Paul Schutten schreef teksten bij die illustraties. Over markante Amsterdammers, vreemde gebeurtenissen en grappige feitjes over de...

How can art, science and institutional practices counteract the negative consequences of climate and ecological breakdown? How can these practices and ideas advance systemic change? Worlding Ecologies serves as an anthology of examples and wayward navigational tool, assembling eighteen authors exploring this question from their diverse backgrounds––as scientists, artists, philosophers, activists, theorists and curators––to rigorously approach urgent ecological challenges, including cl...

Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy, art theory, and many engrossing examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, sex, web sites, and research on the brain's role in perceiving art. This clear, lively book will engage the public, introductory students, and teachers in the arts.

China boasts a history of art lasting over 5,000 years and embracing a huge diversity of forms - objects of jade, lacquer and porcelain, painted scrolls and fans, sculptures in stone, bronze and wood, and murals. But this rich tradition has not, until now been fully appreciated in the West where scholars have focused attention on the European high arts of painting and sculpture, downplaying arts more highly prized by the Chinese themselves, such as calligraphy. Art in China marks a breakthrou...

In this book the leading authority on Japanese art history sheds light on how Japan has nurtured distinctive aesthetics, prominent artists, and movements that have achieved global influence and popularity. The History of Art in Japan discusses works ranging from earthenware figurines in 13,000 BCE to manga, anime, and modern subcultures.

Griselda Pollock provides concrete historical analyses of key moments in the formation of modern culture to reveal the sexual politics at the heart of modernist art, exploring the writings of Elizabeth Siddall, Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot.

The ultimate escapist collection of environmentally sustainable houses, cabins, and retreats, this book circles the globe to find the best eco-architecture in the most stunning and remote locations.

The fourth catalogue devoted to the Wyvern Collection, an exceptional private collection of medieval and Renaissance art, comparable to the holdings of many of the world's great museums.