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Choreographer's Score Fase, Rosas danst Rosas, Elena's Aria, Bartok
ISBN: PB: 9780300251296, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, January 2020
248 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 150 black&white illus.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is one of the most prominent choreographers in contemporary dance. Her 1982 debut with Fase immediately attracted the attention of the international dance scene; since then, De Keersmaeker and her company, Rosas, have creat...
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£22,00
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Porcelain Pugs: A Passion The T. & T. Collection
ISBN: HB: 9780300246537, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, January 2020
224 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 170 colour illus.
A treasure trove for dog-lovers and porcelain enthusiasts alike, this book celebrates a collection of more than 100 porcelain pugs, most of which were designed in the mid-18th century by Johann Joaquim Kنndler, the eminent modeler in the Meissen porc...
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£45,00
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Never Again Gardens of Peace: A Landscape and Architectural History of War Cemeteries
ISBN: HB: 9780300246490, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, December 2019
224 pp., 27.3x24.1 cm, 200 colour illus.
The wealth of splendid photography in this singular publication features military cemeteries and memorials, conveying their grace, solemn beauty, and deep emotional resonance. Hundreds of cemeteries and memorials from the First and Second World Wars...
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£30,00
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Fernand Khnopff
ISBN: HB: 9780300246506, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, November 2019
304 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 210 colour illus.
In this beautifully illustrated book, Michel Draguet, an internationally recognized authority on fin-de-siecle art, offers an enlightening examination of the life and art of Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921). Khnopff achieved wide...
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£45,00
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Yves Zurstrassen Free. 2009-2019
ISBN: HB: 9780300246568, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, November 2019
264 pp., 29.8x24.1 cm, 160 colour illus.
The decade of work produced between 2010 and 2019 by Belgian abstract painter Yves Zurstrassen (b. 1956) is the focus of this beautifully designed and illustrated book. Although he originally studied graphic art, Zurstrassen was inspired by Abstract...
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£40,00
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Mondo Cane
ISBN: PB: 9780300247749, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, August 2019
224 pp., 25.4x21 cm, 150 colour illus.
The Belgian artists Jos de Gruyter (b. 1965) and Harald Thys (b. 1966) have collaborated for more than two decades on artworks in a variety of media, including film, photography, drawing, painting, and sculpture; they are known for thought-provoking...
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£30,00
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Sophie Whettnall (at) Work
ISBN: PB: 9780300233278, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, May 2019
208 pp., 31.8x22.9 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
This unconventional publication explores the process of making art through the work and studio practice of Sophie Whettnall (b. 1973), a contemporary Belgian artist whose works range from video art, installation, and performance to sculpture and draw...
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£40,00
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Francis Picabia Catalogue Raisonne, Volume 3 (1927-1939)
ISBN: HB: 9780300243727, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2019
464 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 525 colour illus.
This third volume in a planned four-volume catalogue raisonne of works by the French avant-garde artist Francis Picabia (1879-1953) includes paintings and selected drawings dating from mid-1927 through 1939. Innovative collage-paintings and flamboyan...
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£135,00
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Bruegel's Winter Scenes Historians and Art Historians in Dialogue
ISBN: HB: 9780300236927, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, October 2018
352 pp., 30x24.1 cm, 310 colour illus.
This focused volume presents a deep exploration and new interpretations of the winter paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569). By applying new methodological approaches and interdisciplinary research to these masterpieces of Flemish Ren...
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£50,00
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Sophie Podolski Le pays ou tout est permis / The Country Where Everything Is Permitted
ISBN: PB: 9780300241266, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, October 2018
144 pp., 27x18.7 cm, 129 colour illus., 9 black&white illus.
This bilingual publication offers an unprecedented exploration of the work of Belgian poet and artist Sophie Podolski (1953-1974), who has lingered in obscurity since her untimely death at the age of 21. Podolski's work is emblematic of a time marked...
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£22,00
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