This 2-volume set is the first comprehensive critical review of the Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl factories from their beginnings to their eventual merger, and the history of Danish porcelain.

This book offers a unique overview of wood as the main construction material for residential buildings worldwide, and introduces architects, interior designers, and builders to the diversity of contemporary timber architecture.

Onder redactie van de onbetwiste specialisten van het onderwerp en met bijdragen van tien gerenommeerde schrijvers is 'World of Songye' het ultieme boek over de cultuur, sculptuur, maskers en het ijzersmeedwerk van de Songye (D.R.C.).

Het rijk geïllustreerde boek biedt een nieuwe benadering van het onderzoek van de Songye-meesterwerken, de stijlen van de diverse regio's, de identificatie van de Songye-meesters en de specifieke kenmerken van de Kifwebe-maskers.

Het analyseert de esthetiek en ...

The second expanded and updated edition of a bestselling book that presents the world's most expensive watches.

This publication, the fourth volume of an important catalogue raisonné of the work of Francis Picabia (1879-1953), includes paintings and selected drawings dating from 1940 into 1952.

During the war years, while still residing in the south of France, Picabia was primarily occupied by figural subjects - multi figure allegories, female nudes, and glamorous female "portraits" - painted in bold illusionistic relief. Notorious even in his lifetime, most of these works are now known to have adapte...