‎Cities and Complexity : Understanding Cities with Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Models, and Fractals‎

‎Cambridge, Mass., United States, MIT Press Ltd 2007, 2007 Paperback, 565 pages, ENG, 230 x 205 mm, in very good condition, with over 180 images/ illustrations in b/w. ISBN 9780262524797.‎

‎Mario Carpo provides a subtle and insightful discussion of the intellectual structures that guide architectural composition and the ways that these structures were transformed by the historic shifts from script to print and from hand-made drawings to mechanically reproduced images. He goes on to suggest that the current shift from print to digital representations will have similarly profound consequences. This is a crucial text for anyone interested in the interrelationships of media and design processes. As urban planning moves from a centralized, top-down approach to a decentralized, bottom-up perspective, our conception of urban systems is changing. In Cities and Complexity, Michael Batty offers a comprehensive view of urban dynamics in the context of complexity theory, presenting models that demonstrate how complexity theory can embrace a myriad of processes and elements that combine into organic wholes. He argues that bottom-up processes--in which the outcomes are always uncertain--can combine with new forms of geometry associated with fractal patterns and chaotic dynamics to provide theories that are applicable to highly complex systems such as cities. Batty begins with models based on cellular automata (CA), simulating urban dynamics through the local actions of automata. He then introduces agent-based models (ABM), in which agents are mobile and move between locations. These models relate to many scales, from the scale of the street to patterns and structure at the scale of the urban region. Finally, Batty develops applications of all these models to specific urban situations, discussing concepts of criticality, threshold, surprise, novelty, and phase transition in the context of spatial developments. Every theory and model presented in the book is developed through examples that range from the simplified and hypothetical to the actual. Deploying extensive visual, mathematical, and textual material, Cities and Complexity will be read both by urban researchers and by complexity theorists with an interest in new kinds of computational models.‎

‎Settlements and Strongholds in Early Medieval England. Texts, Landscapes, and Material Culture‎

‎, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, 231 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:13 b/w, Languages: English, Old English, Latin. ISBN 9782503583846.‎

‎Summary In recent years numerous advances in archaeological and historical studies have enhanced our understanding of the form and function of settlements and strongholds in the landscapes of early medieval England. Until now, this groundbreaking work has not been matched in studies of early English literature, where no concerted effort has been made to investigate how these findings can inform our understanding of their representation in texts - and vice versa. This study shows that literary works offer considerable insight into the ways their authors, readers, and other audiences thought and felt about the constructed places and spaces in which they lived their lives. Covering a broad range of evidence from the end of Roman rule to the Conquest, it is the first study of its kind to offer an interdisciplinary account of the relationship between the built environment as it appears in the material record, and in a range of textual productions. Settlements and Strongholds interrogates correlations and disjunctions between the stories found in the soil and in written works of various kinds, focusing on vernacular texts and Latin works that informed their development. It argues for a deeper appreciation of the relationship between imaginative works and the material contexts in which they were created, revealing the parallel development of ideas and concepts that were fundamental in shaping early medieval England. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction: Texts and Landscapes in Early Medieval England Texts Materials Contexts Chapter 2. Ruin Mythologies The Desolation of Britain Origin Mythologies Roman Buildings in the Exeter Book Elegies Roman Buildings in Andreas Rural Settlements in Early-Saxon England Loci Amoeni in the Vernacular Tradition Conclusion Chapter 3. Settlements Before the 'Viking Age' Rebuilding Christendom in the Ruins of Rome Cosmic Halls in Beowulf and C dmon's Hymn Minster Authority: C dmon in the Historia Ecclesiastica Building the English Church in De Templo Structuring the Everyday in the Exeter Book Elegies W?cs in Old English Poetry? Burhs in Middle-Saxon England Conclusion Chapter 4. Settlements, Strongholds, and the Alfredian Reinvention Reclaiming the Urban Landscape in Andreas The Archaeology of the Burghal Hidage Society, Settlements, and the 'Alfredian' Translations Society, Settlements, and Asser's Vita Alfredi Conclusion Chapter 5. Spiritual Strongholds in Late-Saxon England Bethulia as Burh in the Old English Judith Cities of Good and Evil in Elene, Juliana, and Daniel lfric, Wulfstan, and the Building of Christendom The Anglo-Norman City in Durham Conclusion Chapter 6. Afterword Of Time and the City Earth, Wood, Stone Structures of Community Works Cited Index‎

‎Michael Borremans Fire from the Sun,‎

‎, David Zwirner Books , 2018 Gebonden, Hardcover met stofomslag compleet. HB, 254 x 178 mm, 80 pages, throughout colour illustrations. English edition. ISBN 9781941701836.‎

‎Known for his ability to recall classical painting, both through technical mastery and subject matter, Borremans's depiction of the uncanny, the perhaps secret, the bizarre, often surprises, sometimes disturbs the viewer. In this series of work, children are presented alone or in groups against a studio-like backdrop that negates time and space, while underlining the theatrical atmosphere and artifice that exists throughout Borremans's recent work. Reminiscent of cherubs in Renaissance paintings, the toddlers appear as allegories of the human condition, their archetypal innocence contrasted with their suggested deviousness. In his accompanying essay, critic and curator Michael Bracewell .takes an in-depth look into specific paintings, tackling both the highly charged subject matter and the masterly command of the medium. He writes, "The art of Michael Borremans seems always to have been predicated on a confluence of enigma, ambiguity, and painterly poetics-accosting beauty with strangeness; making historic Romanticism subjugate to mysterious controlling forces that are neither crudely malevolent nor necessarily benign." Published on the occasion of Borremans's eponymous exhibition at David Zwirner in Hong Kong,‎

‎Michael Borremans Mark Manders - Double Silence‎

‎, 21st Century Museum Of Art, 2020 Softcover, 164 pages, ills colour & bw, 21 x 27 cm, pb, Japanese/English. *NEW CONDITION ISBN 9784903205878.‎

‎Published in conjunction with a combined exhibition of work by Micha l Borremans and Mark Manders at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, this volume documents what turned out to be an remarkable encounter between these two European artists. The delicate experiment of a double show like this one forces interference and tension between two distinct bodies of work, with the work of one artist providing the framework for the other, and vice versa. Nevertheless, it is an exemplary show in which a kind of choreography between Borremans, a painter, and Manders, a sculptor and installation architect, emerges through a sombre colours and formal contrasts.‎

‎With a Grace Not to Be Captured: Representing the Georgian Theatrical Dancer, 1760-1830‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, x + 198 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:2 b/w, 77 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503583563.‎

‎Summary If dance on the London stage can be said to have had a 'golden age', it might be thought to be the years between 1760 and 1830. The changes included the arrival on the London stage of ballet d'action, and the appearance of Vestris and Noverre. Dance in the theatre and the opera house continued to be essential to the financial success of any season, and it was a ubiquitous element in the London theatrical season both in dramatic works and as entr'acte pieces. These years also saw important changes that affected theatrical dance and thus public perceptions of celebrity dancers. Despite this, and in comparison with other performers, far fewer portraits of dancers were produced. This can be explained in part by a visual culture that privileged a particularly national view of celebrity. As one of the contributors argues in this volume, 'The rhetoric of a "British school of art" contributed to marginalizing foreign singers and dancers on the London stage, as well as other immigrant artisans who had a major role to play in the economics of eighteenth-century London leisure life.' Through the examination of a series of major dancers, this volume examines the way in which the images created represented a dancer's image, which was then often exploited through the medium of print. The images discussed in the volume include formal and informal portraits, portraits in character, prints, and caricatures. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface I. The London Dancer Portrait in Context Portraiture and the Import of Dancers in Eighteenth-Century London - Shearer West II. Dancers of the Opera and Playhouse Garrick's Muse? Eva Maria Veigel and her Husband - James Harriman-Smith Portraits of Jean-Georges Noverre - Jennifer Thorp Dancers Acting in 1781: The Vestris, p re et fils, Adelaide Simonet, and Giovanna Baccelli - Judith Milhous Natural Beauty or 'Paint-Painted'? Giovanna Baccelli by Thomas Gainsborough - Joanna Jarvis 'Grace, Beauty, and Surprising Agility' - Representations of Barbarina Campanini, 1742-48 - Samantha Owens Portraying Heroic Masculinity: James Harvey D'Egville on Stage - Keith Cavers III. The 'Other' Dancers Philip Astley and the Amphitheatre - Joe Lockwood Tumbling Images: Carlo Antonio Delpini at Work - Michael Burden Bibliography About the Authors Index‎

‎Art and Architecture of the Cistercians in Northern England, c.1300-1540‎

‎, Brepols, 2019 Hardback, xlvii + 328 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:110 b/w, 8 col., 4 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503581934.‎

‎Summary The Cistercian abbeys of northern England provide some of the finest monastic remains in all of Europe, and much has been written on their twelfth- and thirteenth-century architecture. The present study is the first in-depth analysis of the art and architecture of these northern houses and nunneries in the late Middle Ages, and questions many long-held opinions about the Order's perceived decline during the period c.1300-1540. Extensive building works were conducted between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries at well-known abbeys such as Byland, Fountains, Kirkstall, and Rievaulx, and also at lesser-known houses including Calder and Holm Cultram, and at many convents of Cistercian nuns. This study examines the motives of Cistercian patrons and the extent to which the Order continued to enjoy the benefaction of lay society. Featuring over a hundred illustrations and eight colour plates, this book demonstrates that the Cistercians remained at the forefront of late medieval artistic developments, and also shows how the Order expressed its identity in its visual and material cultures until the end of the Middle Ages. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Colour Plates Introduction: Debates and Definitions Chapter 1: The Evidence Chapter 2: Patronage Chapter 3: Religious Art Chapter 4: Death and Commemoration Chapter 5: The Art and Architecture of Cistercian Nuns Chapter 6: Suppression and Survival Conclusion Bibliography Index‎

‎Someone is in my House. David Lynch. *FR. ed.‎

‎, Hannibal Kannibaal , 2025 304 pages / Softcover / Quadrichromie illustrations / Texte en Francais / 30 x 24,3 cm. *Neuf. . ISBN 9789493416253.‎

‎David Lynch (1946) est ind niablement l'un des r alisateurs et cin astes am ricains majeurs du xxe si cle. Mais alors qu'il se consid re avant tout comme un plasticien et n'a jamais cess , tout au long de ses cinquante ans de carri re, de dessiner et de peindre, on conna t moins son oeuvre plastique. Cet ouvrage illustre en une centaine de peintures, dessins, photos, sculptures-lampes, photos de plateau et installations le talent exceptionnel de cet artiste. Comme dans ses c l bres films et s ries t l vis es, Lynch y d peint un univers sombre, quivoque, impr visible, mena ant, parfois dr le, toujours original et marqu de son empreinte. Avec des textes de Michael Chabon, Petra Giloy- Hirtz, la biographe de Lynch Kristine McKenna et Stijn Huijts. Cet ouvrage est dit l'occasion de l'exposition David Lynch - Someone is in my House, pr sent e du 30 novembre 2018 au 28 avril 2019 au Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht.‎

‎Musical Exoticism. The Mediterranean and Beyond in the Long Nineteenth Century‎

‎, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, xii + 392 pages, Size:210 x 270 mm, Illustrations:39 b/w, 16 tables b/w., 34 musical examples, Language: English. *new ISBN 9782503611778.‎

‎Summary The sound image of Otherness has been a significant source of inspiration for Western music, especially since the late eighteenth century. Encounters with the racial and geographical Other fomented interest in unfamiliar musical traditions, which informed exotic projections by Western composers. This volume explores aspects of musical exoticism and its staging during the long nineteenth century, with a special focus on the Mediterranean. This diverse and yet historically interconnected region was arguably the heart of the exotic enterprise during this period. The intersection of exoticism, nationalism and empire is considered, with a special focus on the situation of Spain as both source of local colour and purveyor of musical exoticism. The essays in this volume explore elements of exoticism across a range of musical styles: from song to opera and the popular musical stage, and from instrumental to symphonic works. The analysis of this corpus also involves the examination of musical culture in dialogue with literature and figurative arts. While many of the essays focus on constructions of exoticism in individual works, several essays focus on repertories of musical exoticism and their coverage in musicological literature. TABLE OF CONTENTS Michael Christoforidis - Ram n Sobrino, Preface Musical Exoticism and the Mediterranean to the Mid Nineteenth Century Ralph P. Locke, Leaving alla turca behind: The Middle East in Opera and Other Musical Genres, 1800-1850 Mar a Encina Cortizo, Exotic Sounds of Spain: French Musical Imageries Between Spain and the Orient: Musical Exoticism, Nationalism and the Alhambra Ram n Sobrino, Musical Exoticisms in 19th-Century Spain: Imaginary Sounds of Spanish Otherness Francesc Cort s, Oriental and National Elements in the Early Operas of Felip Pedrell: Changes and Transformations of El ltimo Abencerraje (1868) into L'Ultimo Abenzeraggio (1889) Gloria A. Rodr guez-Lorenzo - Francisco J. Gim nez-Rodr guez, Granada la bella (1896): Musical Exoticism and Nostalgia at the Turn of the Century Michael Christoforidis - Elizabeth Kertesz, Exoticism and Beyond: The Habanera, Alhambrism and Musical Modernity in Belle- poque Paris Staging Exoticism in Opera Roberto Scoccimarro, Otherness, Self-Affirmation and Self-Denial in F licien David's Op ras-comiques Lalla-Roukh (1862) and La captive (1864) Valeria Wenderoth, Reynaldo Hahn's L' le du R ve (1898) and the Multi-Faceted Representation of Otherness Stanislav Tuksar, Exoticism as a Specific Expression of Otherness in Some Acculturation Phenomena within Nineteenth-Century Croatian Arts Vjera Katalin c, Staging Exoticisms: Case Studies in the Operatic Iconography of the Late Nineteenth-Century Zagreb National Theatre Exoticism in Song and Popular Musical Theatre Nicolas Boiffin, Exoticism in the German Lied: E. Geibel and P. Heyse's Spanisches Liederbuch and Its Musical Settings Sonja Starkmeth, 'Off to Cairo': Musical Orientalism in Late Victorian Musical Comedy Andrea Garc a Torres, The bayadera on the Spanish Stage: Frivolity and Colonialism in European Cultures via the Orient Paul Krejci, A Case Study of White American Male Othering in Early 20th Century Popular Music: The Exotic Songs of Seattleite Minstrel Harold Taylor Weeks Reflection Jean-Pierre Bartoli, From 1974 to 2022: Some Reflections for a Short History of Studies on Exoticism and Orientalism in Music‎

‎Warhol on Basquiat : The iconic relationship in Andy Warhol's words & pictures‎

‎, Taschen, 2019 312 pagina's, 29 x 21,5 cm, NEW, hardcover, Engels, Frans, Duits, Spaans, dustjacket. ISBN 9783836525237.‎

‎Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat's complex relationship captivated the art world then and now. At a time when Warhol was already world famous and the elder statesman of New York cool, Basquiat was a downtown talent rising rapidly from the graffiti scene. Together, they forged an electrifying personal and professional partnership. As a prolific documentarian of his own world, Warhol extensively photographed and wrote of his friendship with Basquiat, all played against the backdrop of 1980s downtown New York City. It reveals not only the emotional depth of their relationship but also its ambiguities, extremities, and complexities. Produced in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation and Jean-Michel Basquiat?s estate, this book chronicles the duo?s relationship in hundreds of previously unpublished photographs of Basquiat along with a dynamic cast of characters from Madonna to Grace Jones, Keith Haring to Fela Kuti. The shots are accompanied by entries from the legendary Andy Warhol Diaries, selected collaborative artworks, and extensive ephemera. Touching, intimate, and occasionally sardonic, Warhol on Basquiat is a voyeuristic glimpse into the lives of two of modern art?s brightest stars.‎

‎Marie de Bourgogne/Mary of Burgundy. 'Persona', Reign, and Legacy of a Late Medieval Duchess / Figure, Principat et Post rit d'une Duchesse Tardo-M di vale‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, 475 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:61 b/w, 44 col., 2 tables b/w., Language(s):French, English. ISBN 9782503588087.‎

‎Summary Mary of Burgundy (r. 1477-1482) occupies an important place in the history of late medieval and early modern Europe, yet her life and principate have received relatively little scholarly attention. They are, however, key to the history both of the Low Countries and of Europe, since her marriage to Maximilian of Austria united the Habsburgs with the Valois-Burgundy dynasty, giving them vast territories on the borders of France. In this book, some of the best specialists in the field contribute to a better understanding of Mary's principate, its features, and its long-term perception. In the first part, the authors address the issue of Mary's contested legitimacy as a late medieval female ruler: law, literature, visual arts and theatrical representations are examined as means of communication, strengthening or weakening her authority. In the second part, the authors examine some of Mary's governmental tools and the agents behind them. Finally, the last part questions the ways in which Mary's power and her principate have been represented and reinterpreted in subsequent eras, often with political or social intent, beginning with Maximilian's long regency and reign immediately after her death, right up to modern-day Belgium. Marie, duchesse de Bourgogne (r. 1477-1482), occupe une place essentielle entre Moyen ge et premi re Modernit dans l'histoire des Anciens Pays-Bas et d'Europe. Alors que son mariage avec Maximilien d'Autriche unit la dynastie des Valois-Bourgogne celle des Habsbourg, laquelle s' tablit alors durablement aux fronti res de la France, la vie et le bref principat de Marie restent peu tudi s. Visant comprendre cette p riode de transition et ses ressorts, tant l' poque que dans le temps long, ainsi qu' tablir un bilan et lancer de nouvelles pistes de recherche, cet ouvrage r unit plusieurs des meilleurs sp cialistes actuels autour de trois questions essentielles. Dans un premier temps, la l gitimit contest e de ce pouvoir f minin est abord e sous diff rents angles : le droit, la litt rature, les arts visuels et les spectacles publics qui sont tudi s en tant que moyens de communications renfor ant ou affaiblissant l'autorit de la duchesse. Ensuite sont mis en lumi re les agents et les outils gouvernementaux au service de ce pouvoir. Enfin, les contributeurs s'interrogent sur la mani re dont ce pouvoir et ce principat furent (re)lus et repr sent s aux poques ult rieures en fonction d'agendas politiques volutifs, du long r gne de Maximilien de Habsbourg la Belgique contemporaine. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Mary of Burgundy. Agency, Government, and Memory Michael Depreter, Jonathan Dumont, Elizabeth L'estrange & Samuel Mareel Construire l'autorit et la l gitimit d'une princesse naturelle / Building the Authority and Legitimacy of a Natural Princess 2. Galans de Picardie, de Flandres et d'Artois? La po sie de circonstance sous le r gne de Marie de Bourgogne Jean Devaux 3. Construire la l gitimit d'un pouvoir f minin. Marie de Bourgogne dans le M moire de Jean d'Auffay Jonathan Dumont & lodie Lecuppre-Desjardin 4. Pour la preminence de la Couronne et l'evidente utillit de la Chose Publique du royaulme. The Medieval French State versus Mary of Burgundy Kathleen Daly 5. Gendered Political Ideology in Late Medieval Bruges. Mary of Burgundy as City Maiden in the Manuscripts of the Excellente Cronike van Vlaenderen Lisa Demets 6. Panthasilia virgo in civitatem Tryona amicabiliter recepta fuit. La Joyeuse Entr e de Marie de Bourgogne Bruges en 1477 Olga Karaskova 7. Rulership, Ridership, and the Perils of Sealing Andrea Pearson 8. Evidencing the Right to Rule. Mary of Burgundy and the Tombs of Isabella and Jacques of Bourbon Ann J. Adams 9. Beauty and the Beasts. Rereading the Hours of Mary of Burgundy Sherry C.M. Lindquist 10. Mothers and Daughters. Isabella of Bourbon in the Vienna Hours of Mary of Burgundy Erica O'Brien Cour, conomie et institutions / Court, Economics and Institutions 11. Des conseillers protecteurs ? L'entourage politique de Marie de Bourgogne Jean-Marie Cauchies 12. L'h tel de Marie de Bourgogne d'apr s l'ordonnance de cour du 26 mars 1477. Continuit s et adaptations Val rie Bessey 13. Mary, a ?Diplomatic Weapon of Universal Value? for Charles the Bold Sonja D nnebeil 14. The House of Cro and Mary of Burgundy. Or How to Keep Noble Elites at the Burgundian-Habsburg Court (1477-1482) Violet Soen 15. Les arm es bourguignonnes apr s Nancy. Ruptures et continuit s structurelles d'un instrument politique Michael Depreter 16. Le r gne de Marie de Bourgogne et l' conomie des Pays-Bas dans la seconde moiti du XVe si cle Jean-Marie Yante 17. Entre continuit dynastique et pouvoir du luxe. La Petite Italie de Marie de Bourgogne Federica Veratelli 18. Le nord en M diterran e. Influx franco-bourguignons la cour des Este entre Charles le T m raire et Marie de Bourgogne Giovanni Ricci M moires contest es d'une princesse bourguignonne / Contested Memory of a Burgundian Princess 19. L'ultime voyage de Marie de Bourgogne. Des fun railles de duc ou de duchesse ? Alain Marchandisse, Christophe Masson & Bertrand Schnerb 20. L'h ritage de Marie de Bourgogne dans les collections et les commandes artistiques de Marguerite d'Autriche Pierre-Gilles Girault 21. La disparition du cercueil pr sum de Marie de Bourgogne l' poque de la R volution fran aise. Enqu te sur le vol d'un effet appartenant la R publique Emmanuel Berger 22. La m moire de Marie de Bourgogne dans les anciens duch et comt de Bourgogne (XVIe-XIXe si cle) Dominique Le Page 23. Les al as d'une Iphig nie bourguignonne . M moire, culture et historiographie de Marie de Bourgogne en Belgique Gilles Docquier 24. Conclusions: Triste plaisir. Mary of Burgundy in a Turbulent Era ric Bousmar & Jelle Haemers Index Nominum Planches en couleurs / Colour Illustrations‎

‎Cheirograph of Adam in Armenian and Romanian Traditions. New Texts and Images‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 187 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:1 b/w, 25 col., 2 tables b/w., 1 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503599977.‎

‎Summary This book explores the legend of Adam's Contract with Satan that was made after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden.This legend was current in the Eastern Orthodox churches of SE Europe as well as in the Caucasus. Unknown forms of the legend have been found in two traditions, the Romanian and the Armenian, and are investigated here. Notably this legend has found its way into folk stories and sometimes into folk music, showing how widely it was accepted and distributed. This legend also inspired images in both traditions. In Romania the most striking illustrations are to be found in Bukovina province, in frescos on the famous painted churches of that region, as well as in manuscripts. In Armenia features of this story are incorporated into the iconography of the Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan. TABLE OF CONTENTS Series' preface Preface Abbreviations and Critical Signs Introduction Part 1: New Armenian Evidence for the Cheirograph Legend Armenian Folk Tales A Literary Text A Proposed New Piece of Armenian Iconographic Evidence New Armenian Evidence from Literary Texts Part 2: New Romanian Evidence for the Cheirograph Legend The Legend of the Cheirograph in the Romanian Literary Tradition Iconography Between Literary and Iconographic Tradition Epilogue Bibliography Index of Ancient and Medieval Sources Subject Index‎

‎Painted ladies: San Francisco's resplendent Victorians‎

‎Dutton and Dial 1991 In-8 broché 27,4 cm sur 21,1. 80 pages. Très bon état d’occasion.‎

‎ Très bon état d’occasion ‎

‎Axel Vervoordt - Interieurportretten‎

‎BE, Lannoo, 2019 Gebonden, 320 pagina's met kleurrijke afbeeldingen, 320x240mm.*volledig nieuw exemplaar! ISBN 9789401463423.‎

‎Een thuis zou een oase moeten zijn, een veilige haven die geluk en vreugde uitstraalt Al een halve eeuw cre ert de wereldbefaamde kunsthandelaar en interieurvormgever Axel Vervoordt met zijn bedrijf unieke woningen over de hele wereld. Hij vindt zijn inspiratie in verschillende culturen en tijdperken. Vandaag vloeien in de projecten van Vervoordt traditionele, wabi- en hedendaagse elementen samen. Deze elementen zijn tegelijk verankerd in het verleden en verbonden met de toekomst. Dit boek brengt zeventien uiteenlopende residenties samen, waaronder de allereerste Vervoordt-projecten in Japan, Rusland en India, maar ook stedelijke penthouses in New York en Londen, een wabi-schuur in Vlaanderen, een Venetiaans palazzo, een toevluchtsoord op Ibiza en een huis aan de kust van New England. Elk huis ademt een unieke en serene sfeer uit en verbindt op de typische Vervoordt-manier kunst met architectuur en natuur‎

‎Symbolisme‎

‎K ln, Taschen, 1997 Hardcover with dustjacket, 255 pages, 32.5 x 25 cm. FR. ISBN 9783822883488.‎

‎Berlin nouvelle architecture guide des constructions de 1989 à aujourd'hui in-8,couverture souple,160 pages.‎

‎ verlag 2005‎

‎Bon état‎

‎Catalogue of Drawings for Architecture, Design and Ornament The James A. De Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor. VOLUME 1‎

‎, the alice trust, 2007 Hardcover with dusjacket, 415 pages volume 1; Illustrated 23.34 x 6.58 x 30.94 cm . in fine condition Co-auteur: Alastair Laing, Michael Snodin, J.W. Niemeijer, Christopher White ISBN 9780954731021.‎

‎This major addition to the Waddesdon Catalogue series introduces for the first time Waddesdon's corpus of over 1000 decorative drawings. Remarkabl e for the sheer abundance and quality of works by virtually every French 18th-century ornemaniste or architect of note, the catalogue also includes key contributions from their 17th-century precursors. ‎

‎SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE : Early Modern Illustrated Herbals ‎

‎, Silvana Editoriale, 2023 Hardcover, 528 pages, ENG, 300 x 250 x 45 mm, NEW, over 600 illustrations in fine colours, . ISBN 9788836646869.‎

‎Seeds of Knowledge highlights the collection of 15th to 17th-century European printed herbals of Dr. Peter Goop (Liechtenstein). Herbals were highly illustrated, critical texts to doctors and lay healthcare providers that included both the folkloric and medicinal uses of plants. The text and illustrations were repeatedly refined as the medicinal benefits of a plant's use were more clearly under-stood and the style of illustration tended towards higher degrees of naturalism. These books were working manuals and frequently annotated by readers with notes of herbal recipes/medicines or other uses not found in the printed text. Dr. Goop's collection is one of the most extensive in private hands. Using the Morgan's 10th-century manuscript of Dioscurides' De materia medica (MS M.652) as a centerpiece, this Thaw Gallery exhibition will explore developments in the understanding of the healthful and healing properties of plants, as Europe moved away from medicinal folklore towards an increased understanding of the natural world.‎

‎PORSCHE VIBES : The Passion and the Porsche Way of Life ‎

‎, TeNeues, 2024 HB, 300 x 235 mm, ENG. edition, 256 p, 200 illustrations , NEW, . ISBN 9783961715749.‎

‎Another book about Porsche? Absolutely! Because one like this doesn't exist yet. In the new picture book Porsche Vibes by Michael K ckritz, it may seem like the iconic luxury sports car is at the centre of attention. However, the true star of the book is the emotions and the lifestyle that are so typically associated with Porsche. It's that feeling that only a Porsche can evoke. K ckritz skilfully portrays what it's like to live with a Porsche by your side. The result is a laid-back coffee table book that conveys an eternally youthful sense of life, where joy, happiness, and enjoyment take centre stage. In captivating images, Michael effortlessly captures the emotional essence and shares it with his readers. He tells authentic and inspiring stories about the fascinating luxury sports car and provides amusing background anecdotes about the people who drive them. There's hardly anyone better suited for this task. After all, K ckritz is not only a devoted Porsche enthusiast himself, but also the editor of the cult car magazine ramp and the owner of the successful brand agency ramp.studio. Porsche Vibes is a highly entertaining book that illuminates the Porsche myth and reveals the brand and the brand experience behind the luxury sports car from Stuttgart. It gradually opens the reader's access to the world of Porsche driving: relaxed, exuberant, and sometimes wild. Many intimate pictures tell exciting stories and feature prominent Porsche drivers with their cars. This magnificent picture book is made for all Porsche fans who already have everything, and for anyone who wants to understand the fascination behind this magnificent vehicle.‎

‎Canterbury Glosses from the School of Theodore and Hadrian. The Leiden Glossary‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Paperback, 2 vols, 824 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:1 col., Language(s):English, Latin. ISBN 9782503608587.‎

‎Summary The 'Leiden Glossary' provides a record of the understanding and interpretation of the patristic and grammatical texts studied at the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian, regarded by Bede as the high point of Christian culture in early medieval England. Each entry in the 'Leiden Glossary' is provided with detailed commentary on the sources consulted by the two Canterbury masters (earlier glossaries; Isidore; Eucherius) and the later uses of the glossary by compilers of the Epinal-Erfurt and Corpus glossaries. The 'Leiden Glossary' is thus a key witness to one of the greatest schools of learning in the early Middle Ages. TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 17/1 Introduction Literary Production of the Canterbury School The 'Leiden-Family' Glossaries and the School of Canterbury Archbishop Theodore Abbot Hadrian The Leiden Manuscript Parallel Glossaries: The 'Leiden-Family' Glossaries Derivative English Glossaries Texts Studied at the Canterbury School as Represented in the 'Leiden Glossary' Sources of Interpretation of the Texts Studied at the Canterbury School The Nature of the Glossing in the 'Leiden Glossary' Mistaken Interpretations Conclusions Editorial Procedures Bibliography Indices Index of Lemmata Index of Latin Glosses Index of Greek Index of Old English Glosses Index of Old High German Glosses Volume 17/2 The 'Leiden Glossary': Text and Commentary‎

‎moord op Julius Caesar, historische mythes over democratie‎

‎Antwerpen , Epo, Uitgeverij, 2004 Softcover, 272 pagina's, 20 x 12.5 cm, Nederlands. ISBN 9789064453625.‎

‎Genomineerd voor de Pulitzer Price. Waarom vermoordden in het jaar 44 voor Christus een kliekje Romeinse senatoren hun collega-aristocraat en heerser Julius Caesar? Persoonlijke vendetta's? Politieke afrekening? Strijd tussen conservatieven en hervormers? Wat het antwoord ook zij, met de moord op Julius Caesar startte een lange burgeroorlog. De moord betekende het einde van de toenmalige democratie en luidde het begin in van een eeuwenlange absolutistische heerschappij in Europa. Het was dus niet zomaar een moord. Een boek over grootgrondbezit en doodseskaders, over meesters en slaven, over stamvaders, patriarchaat en onderdrukte vrouwen, over kapitalisten die zichzelf verrijken, over huisjesmelkers en oproerkraaiers. Het gaat over corrupte politici, verkiezingen uit geldbejag en politieke moorden op leiders die de kant van het volk kozen. Dit boek is het relaas van de inspanningen van het volk om zich te verdedigen tegen de misbruiken van rijken en tirannen. Een nieuw perspectief op een tijd die helemaal niet zo vervlogen is als het wel lijkt.‎

‎Cindy Wright : Still Well‎

‎, Borgerhoff & Lamberigts / MER, 2023 Hardcover, 252 pages, ENG.,300 x 300 mm, NEW, illustrated in color. ISBN 9789464778557.‎

‎Cindy Wright creates large-scale oil paintings on canvas. At first glance the monumental still life paintings appear to be photo-realistic, using the photographic methods of cropping compositions and intense source lighting. But on closer inspection, the range of mark-making and painterly applications become astoundingly apparent. Wright?s work echoes the morbid tradition of ?vanitas? from the Dutch Old Masters of the 16th and 17th Century. Between beauty and decay, archetypal symbols like the human scull, rotten fruit, raw flesh, and dead animals traditionally represent the transience of life. Within a contemporary context, these symbols may refer to mass consumption or the exploitation of natural resources. However, this is not essentially the artist?s intent. Rather than being shocking or moralising, the images evoke a sense of peacefulness, silence, and fragility. Wright?s subjects are taken from her immediate surroundings and are transformed into iconic images for our times. This second edition of the catalog is published as a reprint collecting a selection of paintings from the last 20 years up to 2023, and exists alongside the artist?s exhibition part of the INBOX program at MHKA Museum in Antwerp.‎

‎Snippy World of New Yorker Fashion Artist Michael Roberts‎

‎, Edition 7L, 2005 Hardcover, 270 pages, ENG, 335 x 255 x 40 mm, NEW !!, protection case, Large Format, Full Page coloured illustrated, rare ex, . ISBN 9783865211514.‎

‎"Michael Roberts is the Jean Cocteau of the fashion world," wrote the celebrated New Yorker editor Tina Brown in 1997, welcoming her new fashion editor to the most prestigious magazine in the world. Having already served for many years as a style editor (The London Sunday Times, Vanity Fair) and having produced numerous illustrations, photographs, paintings and columns of fashion criticism for various media, Roberts had already had his name coupled with Cocteau's, but his striking visual style is collected here for the first time. From evocative pen-and-ink sketches to acrylic paintings to intensely witty New Yorker covers created from cut paper, these works capture the fads, foibles and fashionability of our times. Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue, in her introduction to "this beautiful book" calls them "fiendishly accurate satire." And the shoe guru Manolo Blahnik writes, "His drawings grasp fashion moments like a photo could never do." That a major part of the book was created through the painstaking method of paper collage especially appeals to the internationally famed fashion designer John Galliano. He writes, "I have avidly collected his work, along with doing my own collages, for years, and I am honored to be a part of this book."‎

‎Popes, Bishops, Religious, and Scholars. Studies in Medieval History Presented to Patrick N. R. Zutshi for his Seventieth Birthday‎

‎, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, 439 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:8 col., 1 maps b/w, Languages: English, French, German. ISBN 9782503600376.‎

‎Summary Patrick Zutshi is a leading authority on the later medieval Western Church and papacy and internationally recognised as an expert in papal diplomatic and the Avignon Curia. This volume brings together essays by over twenty of Patrick's colleagues and friends, all distinguished scholars in medieval history, to celebrate his 70th birthday. The volume reflects both Patrick's wide scholarly interests, ranging from the administration of the papal curia to intellectual and legal history and the mendicant orders, and his extensive network of colleagues and collaborators in different countries, including Germany, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, Australia, USA, and UK. This collection of essays also engages with important themes in later medieval history of wide interest to university students, their teachers, and other researchers in the field, comprising: Mendicants and the Religious Life; University and Intellectual History; Bishops and Secular Clergy; and the Papal Curia between Avignon and Rome. All the essays draw on original research, reflecting Patrick's own research and editing of manuscript and archival sources. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Mendicants and the Religious Life: Michael Robson, 'Francis of Assisi, Matthew Paris and his Two Copies of the Franciscan Rule of 1223'. Frances Andrews and Louise Bourdua, 'The Notary, the Sculptor, the Friar and the Doge: Giovanni Dolfin and his Creditors in Mid-fourteenth-century Venice'. Peter Murray Jones, 'English Dominicans at Court: Confessors and Healers'. Joan Greatrex, 'Who Were the Nuns of Romsey Abbey in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century?' Michael Haren, 'The Evolution of the Defence of the Mendicant Orders against Richard FitzRalph of Bartholomew of Bolsenheim, O.P.'? II. University and Intellectual History: Rodney Thomson, 'The Manuscripts of Vacarius's Liber pauperum' Joseph Canning, 'John of Turrecremata (Torquemada), Scourge of Heretics, Defender of the Pope and Adversary of Conciliarists: Further Thoughts on his Summa de ecclesia' III. Bishops and Secular Clergy: Brenda Bolton, 'Always waiting for the Sea to cease its turmoil?': Absentees from the Fourth Lateran Council' Philippa Hoskin, 'Problems with Progressions: Learning from the Itinerary of Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln, 1280-1299' Nicholas Bennett, 'Hope or Expectation? Papal Provision of Poor Clerks in the Diocese of Lincoln, 1320-1347' IV. The Papal Curia between Avignon and Rome: Barbara Bombi, 'Legal Theory and Practice: The Proctors of St Augustine's Canterbury at the Fourteenth-century Papal Curia.' Andreas Rehberg, 'Ego in aliena patria existens: Immagini e giudizi a confronto fra i cittadini di Roma e gli ultramontani all'origine dello Scisma del 1378' Daniel Williman and Karen Corsano [with Donald Logan], 'The Honorary Chaplains of Pope Gregory XI'. Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, 'Penitentiaries and Cultural Life in the Thirteenth-century Papal Court' David d'Avray, 'Simony, Penitentiary, Conscience' Ludwig Schmugge, 'Nikolaus Theoderici de Driel - oder: Wohin eine Supplik f hren kann'. Kirsi Salonen, 'Debilis complexio: Christians and Dietary Requirements of Canon Law' Peter Clarke, 'Dispensations and Church Courts in Later Medieval England'‎

‎Selling Pianos with Pictures. Commercial Art and Keyboard Instruments from the Eighteenth Century to the 1920s‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, xv + 186 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:110 b/w, 50 col., Language: English.*new ISBN 9782503583570.‎

‎Summary Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century advertisements for pianos, pianists, merchants, music publishers and, above all, for domestic purchases are full of images employed for commercial rather than cultural purposes. This volume examines the commercial characters and significances of how pianos were pictured between the early days of 'modern' marketing to today. During the early 1920s, piano sales peaked in the United States; nevertheless, pianos have continued to be sold even as radios, record players, television sets and electric keyboards increasingly replace them as must-have sources of entertainment and improvement. The market for player pianos, although comparatively short-lived, also provided manufacturers and retailers with opportunities to depict pianos and pictures. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter I: Advertising, Iconography, and Secondary Sources of Information Previous Studies of Illustrated Piano Advertising Musicological Iconography and Iconology Advertising as a Professional Activity, 1865-1920 Chapter II: Changing Attitudes Toward Pianos and Pianists Pianos as Objects of Admiration, Denigration, and Social Cach Women and Keyboard Instruments: Traditional Associations and Early Illustrations Display, Religion, Respectability, Talent, and "Piano Girls" Chapter III: The Evolution of Illustrated Piano Advertising, 1770-1925 Early Piano Advertisements, Endorsements, and Testimonials Illustrated Piano Advertising Comes of Age, 1865-1910 Concluding Observations A Synopsis of Illustration Piano Advertising and Advertising's Emerging Importance The Declining Importance of Pianos and the Increasing Popularity of Phonographs, Radios, Other Electric Devices, and Guitars * Bibliography Index‎

‎Mit Sphaera und Astrolab. 'Die Entdeckung der Natur' in s dostdeutschen Kl stern im hohen Mittelalter‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 432 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:30 b/w, 21 col., 16 tables b/w., 5 maps b/w, Language: German. ISBN 9782503598901.‎

‎Summary This book offers a study of the scientific landscape of medieval Bavaria during the higher Middle Ages. Based on manuscripts as well as medieval library catalogues, it tries to quantify the so-called 'Discovery of Nature' and tries to analyse it from the perspective of a monastic landscape in which the arrival of the astrolab in the 11th century marked a significant turning point. By introducing new methods and questions into the traditional body of Carolingian astronomy, monastic scholars of this area played a decisive, albeit neglected, role in the development of medieval astronomy. The book reconstructs the studies of the monk Wilhelm von Hirsau who tackled some of the most urgent problems of astronomy of his time: correcting the dates of the solstices and finding latitude. These studies are then placed in the broader development of medieval science, particularly focusing on his sphaera, an instrument that has often been wrongly understood as a teaching device. In contrast, the present study argues that this instrument is not only William's lost astronomical clock, but also the first example for stationary observational astronomy in medieval Europe as well as an important milestone towards the empirical astronomy of future centuries. Dieses Buch untersucht die Wissenslandschaft des deutschsprachigen S dostens im hohen Mittelalter. Auf Grundlage berlieferter Handschriften und mittelalterlicher Bibliothekskataloge wird die sogenannte ?Entdeckung der Natur' quantifiziert und aus der Perspektive einer Klosterlandschaft analysiert, in der die Ankunft des Astrolabs im 11. Jahrhundert einen bedeutenden Wendepunkt markierte. Durch die Einf hrung neuer Methoden und Fragen in den tradierten Wissenskosmos des fr hen Mittelalters spielten die monastischen Gelehrten dieses Raumes eine entscheidende, wenngleich vernachl ssigte Rolle f r die Entwicklung der mittelalterlichen Astronomie. Das Buch rekonstruiert die Studien des M nchs Wilhelm von Hirsau, der sich mit einigen der dr ngendsten Problemen der Astronomie seiner Zeit befasste: der Neudatierung der Sonnenwendepunkte sowie der Suche nach dem eigenen Breitengrad. Vor allem wird seine Sphaera in den Blick genommen, ein Instrument, das bislang vor allem als Lehrger t gedeutet wurde. Im Gegensatz dazu vertritt die vorliegende Studie die These, dass es sich bei diesem Instrument nicht nur um Wilhelms verlorene astronomische Uhr handelt, sondern um das erste berlieferte Beispiel eines station ren Observatoriums im mittelalterlichen Europa und damit um einen wichtigen Meilenstein in der Geschichte der empirischen Astronomie. TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbildungsverzeichnis Tabellenverzeichnis Danksagung Kapitel 1: Einleitung: Von franz sischen Kathedralschulen ins monastische Milieu des S dostens Kapitel 2: Methodologische Grundlagen und Quellenkorpus Begriffskl rung: Kosmoswissen als analytisches Konzept Methodologische Grundlagen einer Wirkungschronologie Quellen einer Wirkungschronologie Vom Diskurs zur Praxis: Methodologische Grundlagen praxeologischer Wissenssysteme Quellen praxeologischer Wissenssysteme Gliederung der vorliegenden Arbeit Kapitel 3: Die Formierung des Kosmoswissens im S dosten bis zum Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts Inhaltliche Auswertung der erfassten Wissensbest nde Die Best nde des prim ren Wissens Die Best nde des sekund ren Wissens Wirkungschronologie der s dostdeutschen Wissenslandschaft Von der Antike ins Fr he Mittelalter: Der S dosten als postkolonialer Raum Das 9. und 10. Jahrhundert: Integration und Rezeption Das 11. Jahrhundert: Gorzer Reform und Astrolab Das 12. Jahrhundert: Neue Kl ster, neues Wissen Die hochmittelalterliche Wissenslandschaft des S dostens Die tragenden Institutionen der Wissenslandschaft Inhaltliches Profil Analyse der gesammelten Daten Kapitel 4: Der Kosmos im Wandel: Innovationsprozesse in Regensburger Kl stern Ursachen: Innovation durch Irritation Das Astrolab und seine Konstruktion in St. Emmeram Das Wissen um den eigenen Breitengrad Das Wissen um die Zeit Observative Astronomie und die Sphaera von St. Emmeram Analytisches Zwischenfazit Bedingungen: Institutionalisierung und Professionalisierung Die soziale Dimension kosmologischer Innovationsprozesse Astronomie und Zeitmessung Kosmologisches Wissen im Dienst des Experten Analytisches Zwischenfazit Kapitel 5: Schluss Zusammenfassung Fazit und Ausblick Anhang Fragmente der Astronomia Tabellen Erweitertes Handschriftenregister Literaturverzeichnis Archivquellen Handschriften Prim rquellen Sekund rquellen Handschriftenndex Personen-, Orts-, Sachindex‎