Geschiedenis

Petrarca’s "Brieven van een bejaard man" geven een veelzijdig beeld van het politieke, godsdienstige, literaire en sociale leven in Noord-Italië en bieden een intieme blik op zijn latere jaren.

Take a front-row seat at the catwalk and prepare to be dazzled by the most important and groundbreaking fashions of the last 4,000 years.

An extraordinary expert guided tour through fashion history, fashion, annotated features more than 400 key pieces, from the ancient world to the present day.

Discover the exquisite detail of 17th-century embroidery in detail. Find yourself blown away by the intricacies of a traditional kimono, learn the Mexican origins of classic American cowboy gear, and marvel at galleries of the most important styles of shoes and accessories down the centuries. Learn which came first: the sari or the shalwar kameez, and be mightily glad you don’t need to squeeze yourself into a Victorian corset.

Organized chronologically, fashion, annotated profiles all of the major milestones of fashion history across the world. Expert annotation, analysis, and insights, from a panel of more than 25 specialist writers and consultants, highlight key details, including all of the key elements of each garment, and exploring design, technique, material, and structure. Lush photography and timeless artworks bring each piece to life on the page.

Beautiful, fascinating, and inspiring in turn, fashion, annotated is an essential gallery collection for your home, a design sourcebook, and an inspiration for your next outfit.

Geschiedenis van de Leidse wollen deken-fabrieken: o.a. Zaalberg, Gebrs. van Wijk & Co. en Scheltema.

Dit boek verkent hoe eetgewoonten de samenleving door de eeuwen heen weerspiegelden.

Ontdek de rijke geschiedenis, tradities en veranderingen van het Nederlandse platteland.

Nederlandse Handel door de Eeuwen, samengesteld met kunstmatige intelligentie, biedt een feitelijke introductie tot de economische groei van Nederland.

Dit boek, samengesteld met kunstmatige intelligentie, duikt in de geschiedenis van de Elfstedentocht. Ontdek de oorsprong, de route, de voorwaarden en memorabele edities.

Een volkomen nieuw inzicht in de manier waarop de aarde en al het leven daarop elkaar voortdurend beïnvloeden – een verhaal waarin ook de menselijke invloed op de aarde aan de orde komt.

Dit boek beschrijft de eeuwenlange strijd van Nederland tegen het water, van dijken en dammen tot de Deltawerken. Ontdek de techniek, de geschiedenis en de uitdagingen van onze waterhuishouding.

Ontdek Nederlandse vrouwen die geschiedenis schreven, maar zelden benoemd werden. Dit boek belicht hun levens, invloed en de grenzen die zij verlegden.

Recente ontwikkelingen en trendbreuken in de geschiedschrijving over postkolonialisme, (de)kolonisatie en subalterniteit (ondergeschiktheid)

Een radicale aanklacht tegen het mondiale kapitalisme. Een analyse én een strategische visie op verzet, geworteld in internationalisme, socialisme en ecologische rechtvaardigheid.

This luminous boxed set of woodblock prints celebrates the seductive power of the moon in the Edo period of Japanese art.

In Japanese printmaking, the moon appears as a quiet yet powerful presence, shaping atmosphere, marking time, and infusing scenes with emotion and narrative tension. These volumes bring together evocative nocturnal works by beloved artists such as Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, and Kawase Hasui, revealing how a single motif can generate remarkably varied moods—from stillness and contemplation to drama and unease—across different periods and artistic approaches.
Landscapes, city views, and fleeting human encounters are arranged into a flowing visual sequence in which light, shadow, weather, and reflection recur and subtly transform. Select works appear in extended accordion-fold spreads that open outward to reveal expansive compositions, allowing prints to be seen in relation to one another and emphasizing rhythm, scale, and continuity.
Printed on highest quality paper with exceptional attention to color, line, and tonal nuance, the reproductions preserve the delicacy and graphic power of the original woodblock prints. Housed in a slipcase and accompanied by a booklet that provides historical and artistic context, the book offers a visually generous encounter with the moon as one of the most enduring and expressive subjects in Japanese art.

Ontdekkingsreisgids langs megalieten van Schotland.

Een dekoloniale geschiedenis van het verzet tegen kolonialisme in Suriname 1630-1940

Kerry James Marshall: The Histories is the most extensive publication on the artist to date, celebrating half a century of his work. It reveals the complex ways in which he has transformed histories of Western painting, centering Black bodies in ambitious compositions set in barber shops, public housing projects, parks, and beauty salons. It charts his use of portraiture to memorialise individuals such as Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and Olaudah Equiano. A new series, illustrated here for the first time, looks at under-acknowledged aspects of the history of Africa. With lavish illustrations of all the works in the accompanying exhibition, it also includes chapters on Marshall’s Rythm Mastr project and his various public commissions including his stained glass windows for the cathedral in Washington D.C.. A survey by Mark Godfrey is accompanied by shorter essays by Aria Dean, Darby English, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Cathérine Hug, Nikita Sena Quarshie, Rebecca Zorach, and an interview between Kerry James Marshall and Benjamin H.D. Buchloh.

Een essay van de doorgewinterde parlementair journalist en documentairemaker (RUTTE) Leonard Ornstein

A fascinating window into the history of the ancient world, told through thirty-five fascinating figuresThe western ancient world stretched from the Pillars of Hercules between Spain and North Africa in the west to Mesopotamia in the east, and from southern Egypt in the south to Scotland in the north. In between all the places and across several thousand years came a succession of grand civilizations and cultures—including the Sumerians, ancient Egypt, Carthage, classical Greece, the Hellenistic kingdoms and the Roman Empire. In this engaging account, Guy de la Bédoyère draws on decades of research to provide a history of the ancient world through a personal selection of key figures. The story of any one of these lives is unique, from Egypt’s reforming pharaoh Horemheb or the public priestess Eumachia at Pompeii. These individuals serve as a portal into the experience of the ancient world in the days of despotic pharaohs and Roman emperors and make it possible for us to try and imagine what their lives were like.

How are contemporary artists responding to the climate crisis? Filipa Ramos takes an original approach to the subject by addressing two parallel strands. She looks firstly at pioneering approaches to ecology by key contemporary artists from different generations and cultural backgrounds working in different art media; and she considers the balance between ecology as theme and ecology as practice, underscoring the imperative for both artists and art institutions to adopt responsible environmental positions in their practice.

This topical and important book discusses the work of artists who have returned to the land; reviews how questions of shared rights and environmental justice are represented in contemporary artistic practice; highlights the renewed importance of performance and time-based media in ecologically themed art; and looks at artists’ and art institutions’ complex relationship to environmental action.

Rembrandt was revered as a genius during his lifetime and has fascinated generations of artists and connoisseurs ever since. Rembrandt's trademark – rough, impasto brushwork, his unique lighting and sensitivity – pointed the way forward, not only for portraiture. This edition presents the grand master of the Golden Age of Dutch painting.

A graphic novel that tells the story of graffiti, from the subways and back alleys of 1960s and 1970s New York to the global sensation of today. Join photographer Izzy Fame on a vibrant journey through the history of writing on walls as she curates an exhibition on the rise of graffiti. Bomb It! follows the transformation of the movement, from a rebellious few tagging their names around New York to the emergence of bold, colourful throw-ups and wild-style pieces; hip-hop, breakdancing and street art; and the explosion of the small subculture into a world-wide phenomenon. Izzy traces the true story of graffiti’s origins and progression and encounters key figures along the way, including Taki 183, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Chaz Bojórquez, Futura 2000, Blek le Rat, Miss. Tic, Banksy, Robbo, Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, OSGEMEOS, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many more. Feuds spark, relationships grow and fracture, legendary crews form and all limits go up in smoke as graffiti culture spreads across the world. Artists evade law, censorship and the third rail; risk their lives to leave their mark; and make their way into museums and art galleries – with and without invitation.

De Eerste Wereldoorlog betekende het einde van België als economische grootmacht

A journey through the mosque’s history and representation around the world, its role in society and its forms - ancient to contemporary - through the eyes of a young female Syrian architect. The mosque lies at the heart of any Islamic city – a place for group prayer, serenity and spiritual connection. Its exterior serves as a symbol of faith, a landmark and a point of gathering. Since the first mosque was built by the Prophet Mohammad in Medina in 622, mosques have been spaces where worship and social life flourish side by side. In this book, Marwa Al-Sabouni – architect, Muslim, Syrian, woman – interweaves her personal experiences and reflections to bring the reader inside the mosque to understand its spiritual meaning, social significance and enduring cultural value. Though some 3.6 million mosques exist around the world, varying enormously in shape, size and design, we are reminded that thoughtfully designed mosques – like any communal space – can still feel intimate and personal. With the ability to foster community and connection, they take on particular significance in times of division and fragmentation – a fact felt keenly by Al-Sabouni, whose home country witnessed decades of war before entering a new period of hope, however fragile.

A hilarious flip book featuring a cavalcade of mix-and-match dancing dogs.

In this tantalizingly terpsichorean follow-up to the bestselling Cats in Pants, award-winning illustrator Naomi Tipping presents an adorable line-up of dogs showing us their very best dance moves. Each page of the book is divided into three so you can mix them up to create oodles of different dog dancers, all rendered in Naomi’s charmingly hand-drawn, hugely expressive illustration style—these dogs are packed with personality.

Naomi is an extremely popular illustrator, with 116k Instagram followers and millions of views of her flip-book videos.

Steden als Rotterdam en Gouda waren dankzij het daar heersende erasmianisme de bakermat van de Nederlandse religieuze tolerantie.

De historische kritiek is niet alleen voor historici zelf van belang, ze is een onmisbare discipline om in onze complexe maatschappij kritisch met informatie om te gaan.

'He created his own universe and became its star' David Cronenberg, GuardianAndy Warhol carried a camera with him everywhere he went and, taken from ten years of extraordinary shots, his America aspires to the strange beauty and staggering contradictions of the country itself. Exploring his greatest obsessions - including image and celebrity - he photographs wrestlers and politicians, the beautiful wealthy and the disenfranchised poor, Capote with the fresh scars of a facelift and Madonna hiding beneath a brunette bob. He writes about the country he loves, wishing he had died when he was shot, commercialism, fame and beauty. An America without Warhol is almost as inconceivable as Warhol without America, and this touching, witty tribute is the great artist of the superficial at his most deeply personal.

'A forensic exploration of their compositions and recordings, and everything that has been poured into them . . . completely definitive' MOJO ★★★★★

The story of Manic Street Preachers is unique in pop. Raging out of the stricken mining communities of south Wales in the late 80s, they were seemingly condemned to mere cult status by a cruel juncture of artistic triumph, commercial failure and personal despair. The story took a further agonising twist when the tragedy of Richey Edwards' 1995 disappearance was followed by a remarkable rebirth, built upon 'A Design For Life' - a hymn to the band's working-class roots - and then the award-winning, multi-million-selling album Everything Must Go, a majestic soundtrack to history and loss. Within five years, Manic Street Preachers were playing to 60,000 at the national stadium of Wales and had their second UK Number 1 single. Subsequent output has confirmed the band as both a wellspring of restless creativity and a barometer of the cultural conversation.

Because it was music that saved them, it's through the prism of their music that Keith Cameron tells the definitive history of Manic Street Preachers, drawing on many hours of new interviews to dive deep into 168 songs, from 1988 debut single 'Suicide Alley' to the late day peaks of 2025 album Critical Thinking. Writing with the band's full co-operation, his book charts the dynamic evolution of a universe in which Karl Marx and Kylie Minogue happily co-exist, that accords Rush and The Clash equal favour, and where Morrissey & Marr meet Torvill & Dean via Nietzsche and New Order in a single four-minute pop song - all in the name of what Nicky Wire himself calls 'the fabulous disaster' of Manic Street Preachers.

A step-by-step guide to becoming and being a samurai. It is 1615, and the Samurai, Japan’s elite fighting class, are at the zenith of their powers. Trained in every manner of combat, from sword-fighting and archery to karate and ju-jutsu, the Samurai warrior is the emperor’s last line of defence against the barbarians of Japan and beyond. Take up your sword, young Samurai! This handy manual tells you everything you need to know about maintaining the honour of the Samurai class both on and off the battlefield. Learn how to master the 'Way Of The Warrior', whom you should kill, and what to do with their heads afterwards. Discover what the cultured Samurai does between battles, how to storm or lay siege to a castle and how to conduct a tea ceremony with Zen-like composure. With this handy guide you will never be at a loss should you need to command and maintain an army - you will even know how to prepare for entry into the White Jade Pavilion after your death.