Nordic Art and Way of Life
Art World, Artists and Themes
ISBN: HB: 9780300276275,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
November 2024
304 pp., 29,2x23,8 cm, 274 colour illus.
304 pp., 29,2x23,8 cm, 274 colour illus.
An exploration of the development of the art scene, its socio-political context, and the role of the fine arts in nineteenth-century Nordic society.
This book captures for the first time the full story of Nordic art and its corresponding way of lif...
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60.00 GBP
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Swedish Ecstacy
Hilma af Klint, August Strindberg and Other Visionaries
ISBN: PB: 9780300273052,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
September 2024
208 pp., 27,0x21,0 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
208 pp., 27,0x21,0 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
This book explores the works of one of Sweden's most esteemed artists, Hilma af Klint, alongside others in her artistic circle – and examines their inspirational influence on contemporary artists working today.
"Swedish Ecstasy" tells the story of r...
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45.00 GBP
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House of Victor Horta
20 Years of Conservation
ISBN: HB: 9780300273205,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
June 2024
160 pp., 26,5x17,0 cm, 100 colour and black&white illus.
160 pp., 26,5x17,0 cm, 100 colour and black&white illus.
The story of how the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta conceived his private residence/studio and how architect Barbara Van Der Wee restored it to its original splendour.
Victor Horta (1861-1947) is considered the most prominent Belgian ar...
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40.00 GBP
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Thomas Lerooy
Field Guide
This monograph of Lerooy's drawings, paintings, and sculptures surveys nearly 100 works from the vital years of his career.
Thomas Lerooy Field Guide is an important monographic publication that brings together key works by the Belgian artist from 2...
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60.00 GBP
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Horta and the Grammar of Art Nouveau
What remains of Horta's Art Nouveau, apart from his style and typical plant-related vocabulary?
"Horta and the Grammar of Art Nouveau" offers an innovative analysis of the architectural approach of Victor Horta, the Belgian architect whose creation...
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45.00 GBP
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James Ensor and Stillife in Belgium: 1830-1930
Rose, Rose, Rose a mes yeux
ISBN: HB: 9780300273199,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
February 2024
176 pp., 26,0x21,0 cm, 160 colour and black&white illus.
176 pp., 26,0x21,0 cm, 160 colour and black&white illus.
A unique journey with James Ensor through the history of still life in Belgium in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Still life played an important role within the work of Belgian expressionist and symbolist painter James Ensor (1860-1949). Th...
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45.00 GBP
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Academia Belgica in Rome
Building for the Arts and Sciences in the Eternal City
ISBN: HB: 9780300273168,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
November 2023
192 pp., 28,2x22,8 cm, 125 colour illus.
192 pp., 28,2x22,8 cm, 125 colour illus.
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45.00 GBP
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World of Songye
Passions and Collections
ISBN: HB: 9780300267020,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
October 2023
416 pp., 31,7x25,0 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.
416 pp., 31,7x25,0 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.
The ultimate and authoritative introduction to Songye culture, sculpture, masks, and iron forging.
This lavishly illustrated book brings a new approach to the masterpieces of Songye, a Bantu ethnic group from the central Democratic Republic of the C...
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160.00 GBP
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Bill Viola
Love/Death - The Tristan Project
ISBN: HB: 9780300270174,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
October 2023
128 pp., 28,0x22,0 cm, 75 colour illus.
128 pp., 28,0x22,0 cm, 75 colour illus.
In 2004, the opera scene was taken by storm by the ground-breaking production of Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" in Los Angeles.
This book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the visionary American artist Bill Viola created four hours...
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35.00 GBP
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