‎Translation‎

‎O. Collet, S. Messerli‎

‎Vies medievales de Marie-Madeleine‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2008 Hardcover. 709 p., 160 x 240 mm, Languages: French, Latin, Including an index. Fine copy. ISBN 9782503528212.‎

‎Marie-Madeleine a de tout temps nourri l?imaginaire chretien. Figure de la pecheresse illuminee par la grace, construite de toutes pieces par la patristique qui reunit en elle les traits de differentes femmes de la Bible, elle connait au moyen age un important developpement. Le tournant des XIIe et XIIIe siecles lui invente meme une vie legendaire et fait d?elle celle qui convertit la Gaule. L?edition de la trentaine de textes actuellement connus que la tradition medievale francaise lui consacre, etablie a partir de plus de cent manuscrits, rend compte de la vitalite extraordinaire de la litterature hagiographique entre 1200 et 1500. La description des exemplaires dans lesquels ces recits sont contenus affine notre comprehension de leurs conditions d?elaboration et de diffusion. Ce riche materiau permet enfin de mettre a jour les mecanismes de traduction et les procedes d?ecriture, puis de reecriture, utilises par les auteurs. Il invite ainsi tant a l?interpretation litteraire qu?a des observations sur l?evolution de la langue ancienne.‎

Bookseller reference : 45179

‎C. Alvar, H.O. Bizzarri‎

‎Amis y Amiles, Cantar de gesta frances del siglo XIII y textos afines‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2010 Hardcover. 501 p., 156 x 234 mm, Languages: Spanish, Latin, Middle French, Including an index. Fine copy. ISBN 9782503534244.‎

‎Amis y Amiles son los protagonistas de una serie de obras que se difunden por todo el occidente europeo desde el siglo XII, dando lugar a una epistola en latin, un cantar de gesta en frances, un relato hagiografico en latin, varios exempla, una pieza teatral... La huella del tema de la amistad fraternal se encuentra tambien en catalan y en castellano. Este libro, preparado por los profesores Carlos Alvar (Universite de Geneve) y Hugo O. Bizzarri (Universite de Fribourg), presenta en edicion bilingue los principales textos en los que aparece el motivo de ?los dos hermanos? o ?los dos amigos?.‎

Bookseller reference : 45182

‎E. Roux‎

‎Two Middle English Translations of Friar Laurent's 'Somme le roi': critical edition‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2010 Hardcover. XXXII 174 p., 156 x 234 mm, Languages: English, Middle English, Old French, Including an index. Fine copy. ISBN 9782503534695.‎

‎This is the first volume of a two-volume project whose aim is to publish all the known Middle English manuscript translations of the French Somme le roi, a thirteenth-century manual of religious instruction offering teaching on the Decalogue, the seven deadly sins and their remedies, compiled by the Dominican friar Laurent of Orleans. The project extends and deepens our knowledge of the influence of this popular French text, known today only from the versions entitled The Ayenbite of Inwit and The Book of Vices and Virtues, published in 1866 and 1942, respectively. This volume presents the versions extant in BL MSS Royal 18. A. x and Add. 37677; the second will cover the versions in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 494, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1286, and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS e Musaeo 23. The texts of both volumes have been prepared with the help of the recently-published edition of the French text (2008), a circumstance from which the earlier English editions were unable to benefit. It is likely that the versions edited here for the first time will make a considerable contribution to our understanding of the processes of textual transmission and to that of translation itself in English literary circles of the fifteenth century.‎

Bookseller reference : 45184

‎Harvey Kubernik ; James Hodgson ; traduction : Danielle Charron.‎

‎Leonard Cohen : Everybody Knows‎

‎, ditions de La Martini re, 2014 Hardcover, 224 pages, Texte en Francais / Tres belle exemplaire, 285 x 225 x 25 mm, jaquette illustre , images / illustrations en couleur / n/b. ISBN 9782732467498.‎

‎Starting with his life as a young poet and author in his home town of Montreal, and concluding with his acclaimed international tour of 2013, Everybody Knows honours Leonard Cohen?s legacy. The book traces his rise to stardom through 200 rare photographs and memorabilia, many previously unpublished, and includes thoughts and comments from those who have both worked with or have been inspired by him, along with poignant quotes from Cohen himself. Author Harvey Kubernik has interviewed Cohen on many occasions. ?I?m very pleased with this book. The combination of visual images, colour and black and white photographs, and archive items reproduced, coupled with prose and the employment of multi-voice oral history narrative serve the legacy of Leonard Cohen.? ? Harvey Kubernik‎

Bookseller reference : 63177

‎Vladimir Agrigoroaei, Ileana Sasu (eds)‎

‎Translation Automatisms in the Vernacular Texts of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Paperback, 528 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:1 col., 1 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503600338.‎

‎Summary The volume deals with the issue of translation automatisms in early vernacular texts predating 1650. It introduces the novel concept of ?translation clusters', first defined in machine translation theory, but equally considering a wider array of situations that involve ?translation units', ?language automatisms', ?culturemes', and ?formulaic borrowings' in vernacular texts. Contrary to contemporary languages, where translation units, clusters, and automatisms appear frequently due to the influence of standard language varieties or dialects, the vernacular idioms of the Middle Ages and Early Modern period are often pluricentric. Consequently, automatisms are limited to specific cases where diachronic, diatopic, diastratic, and diaphasic variants align similarly in two otherwise different translations. This is a crucial topic for philology, as it can explain accidents that ecdotic methods tend to mistake for variant readings of a single ?redactio'. The volume aims to determine the organic interplay between three primary situations in which common coincidences between translations or texts occur. Firstly the volume explores the shared elements resulting from the transfer of textual units between multiple translations or adaptations (quotations, corrections, formulas). Secondly chapters study the shared elements arising from the existence of a common source text (translation clusters, based on translation units); and lastly, the volume questions the fixed, inherent, and unchangeable aspects of the target language (language automatisms, often coinciding with translation units). The chapters of this volume focus on numerous vernacular languages and a multitude of case studies, with a particular emphasis on biblical translation?a cornerstone of contemporary translation studies. The chapter format encourages diverse perspectives to push the boundaries of philology, translation studies, and ?vernacular theologies?.‎

Bookseller reference : 63292

‎Francisca Vandepitte ; Geert Van der Hallen ; translation : Wouter Meeus‎

‎IMAGINE! : 100 ans de surr alisme international‎

‎, Ludion, 2024 Hardcover, 232 pages, FR. edition, 330 x 230 x 25 mm, NOUVEAU, jaquette illustre , illustrations en couleur / n/b.***Expo: 21/2/2024 - 21/07/2024, Mus es royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Bruxelles***. ISBN 9789464781120.‎

‎Cent ans apr s la publication du "Manifeste du Surr alisme" (1924) d'Andr Breton, les MRBAB c l brent le centenaire de la naissance du surr alisme avec IMAGINE!, une exceptionnelle exposition itin rante internationale con ue en collaboration avec le Centre Pompidou (Paris). Une immersion dans la po sie surr aliste, travers les th matiques du r ve, du labyrinthe, de la m tamorphose, de l'inconnu et du subconscient, emmen e par les grands noms du surr alisme, de Max Ernst Giorgio de Chirico, en passant par Salvador Dal , Ren Magritte, Joan Mir , Jane Graverol, Sorothea Tanning, Man Ray, Leonor Fini, etc. IMAGINE! se concentre sur les liens, les similitudes, mais aussi les lignes de fractures, entre le surr alisme et un de ses pr curseurs, le symbolisme. En effet, partir de 1880, Bruxelles est un exceptionnel carrefour des arts et avant-gardes, qui se manifeste notamment par le biais des expositions du Groupe Les XX et La Libre Esth tique. Le symbolisme, incarn notamment par Rops, Spilliaert, Khnopff, Delville ou Minne, s'y d veloppe et anticipe largement l' mergence du mouvement surr aliste. Quelques d cennies plus tard, Bruxelles devient le foyer du surr alisme belge. Malgr la rupture culturelle provoqu e par la Premi re Guerre mondiale, les anciens symbolistes et la jeunesse mergente ne sont pas fondamentalement trangers l'un l'autre. Apr s Bruxelles et Paris, l'exposition continuera son parcours europ en et international par la Hamburger Kunsthalle, puis la Fundaci n Mapfre Madrid et s'ach vera au Philadelphia Museum of Art.‎

Bookseller reference : 63322

‎Jessica Barr, Barbara Zimbalist (eds)‎

‎Writing Holiness. Genre and Reception across Medieval Hagiography‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 281 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9782503601984.‎

‎Summary Writing Holiness contributes to exciting new critical conversations in the study of medieval hagiography in Western Christianity. Recent years have seen innovative approaches to the literatures of sanctity through emergent theoretical discourses, such as disability studies and trans theory. At the same time, traditional methodologies such as manuscript studies and reception history continue to generate new perspectives on the production, circulation, and reception of the sacred textual canon. Through ten unique contributions that draw from both new and established theories and methodologies, this volume charts the development, movement, and reception of Christian hagiographic texts in localities ranging from the Iberian Peninsula to the Scandinavian Archipelago from the early to the late Middle Ages. Each chapter traces hagiographic development over generic, temporal, cultural, and linguistic boundaries, and considers the broader contours of the sacred imaginary that come into view as a result of such critically intersectional inquiry. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ? BARBARA ZIMBALIST and JESSICA BARR Part 1: Saints across Borders Helena on the Move: The Makings of a Medieval Saint ? MARIANNE RITSEMA VAN ECK From Holy Flesh to Holy Houses: The Late Medieval Rise of Non-Corporeal Relics in the March of Ancona ? BIANCA LOPEZ 'Fluvius autem de Corde Dei gredibatur': Medicalised Discourse and Holy Women's Writing at Helfta and Siena ? NAO KUKITA YOSHKIAWA Holy Families and Vowed Life: The Legends of East Anglian Sister Saints in a Seventeenth-Century English Manuscript ? JENNY C. BLEDSOE Part 2: Crossing Gender and Genre Saints in the Exempla of the Middle English Mirror: Rewriting Accounts of Saints Fursey, Cecilia, Thais, and Macarius ? CHRISTINE COOPER-ROMPATO Hybrid Devotion: Writing the Life of Christ Across Genre ? CAITLIN KOFORD Tarsiana and the Redemption of Captives: The Saintly Princess as Liberator in the Early Castilian Apollonius of Tyre Legend ? MATTHEW DESING Part 3: Writing across Languages Lost in Translation? Hagiographic Redactions Crossing Language Borders ? RACHA KIRAKOSIAN Translating Raymond of Capua's Life of Catherine of Siena in Fifteenth-Century England and Germany ? STEVEN ROZENSKI 'She Said': Female Agency and Voice in Middle English Hagiographic Accounts ? JENNIFER N. BROWN‎

Bookseller reference : 63466

‎Beatrice Petit ; Colette Malandain ; traduction : Jean-Francois Allain‎

‎Ellsworth Kelly : Formes et Couleurs : 1949-2015 (catalogue officiel d'exposition)‎

‎, Editions Hazan, 2024 Hardcover, 306 pages, Texte en Francais, 310 x 260 x 30 mm, Nouveau, illustrations en couleur / n/b., avec quelques pages d pliantes. ISBN 9782754113847.‎

‎Le 31 mai 2023, Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) aurait eu 100 ans. A partir de l?observation de son environnement direct, il a red fini l?abstraction dans la seconde moiti du XXe si cle, conduisant ses formes pur es, aux couleurs souvent clatantes, au-del des attendus de la peinture et de la sculpture. Pr s de dix ans apr s sa disparition, ses oeuvres exercent toujours la m me fascination, par leur intensit et leur quilibre, la qualit de leurs adresses visuelles, les espaces qu'elles cr ent, leur sensualit paradoxale exprim e dans la rigueur. La Fondation Louis Vuitton a la chance de t moigner quotidiennement de cela gr ce la pr sence dans son auditorium d?une installation p renne, une des toutes derni res r alisations de l?artiste. Cet ouvrage offre une introduction et un panorama de son ?uvre, l?image de l?exposition qu?il accompagne et qui se tient la Fondation Louis Vuitton du 4 mai 2024 au 9 septembre 2024. Premi re exposition en France aborder son ?uvre avec un spectre chronologique aussi large, elle est compos e de plus de centaine d??uvres, peintures, dessins, photographies et collages. Comme elle, ce livre permet d?appr hender pleinement le travail accompli par l?artiste. Ses travaux sont reproduits ici accompagn es d? tudes de familiers de son ?uvre (Jean-Pierre Criqui, Suzanne Hudson) ou d?apports sur des aspects moins connus (Corey Keller sur la photographie, Alex da Corte sur la libert se son ?uvre, Sarah Rogers sur sa r ception au Moyen-Orient, Peter Eleey sur la dimension m morielle). Il comporte aussi une chronologie richement illustr e qui revient notamment sur le s jour d cisif de Kelly en France dans l?imm diate apr s-guerre, son apport la sc ne am ricaine au tournant des ann es 1950 et 1960. Et plus en aval, elle suit le d veloppement et les ramifications complexes d?une ?uvre abordant toutes les chelles de la perception, du trait sur une feuille, l'intervention dans l?espace architectural.‎

Bookseller reference : 63811

‎Jane Block ; Hilde Pauwels ; translation : Adrienne Fontainas‎

‎GISBERT COMBAZ ( 1869 - 1941 ) FIN DE SIECLE ARTIST. (ENGLISH ed.)‎

‎Antwerp, Petraco Pandora , 1999 softcover illustre, frontispice, 245 x 295 mm., 143 pages., plein d'illustrations en couleur et en n/b. text in English ISBN 9053251758.‎

‎Gisbert Combaz is among a handful of turn-of-the century poster artists to create a personal style that is still recognizable today. His posters for the exhibition society La Libre Esthetique and his sets of postcards are as prized now as they were in Combaz's day. As this lavishly illustrated book reveals, however, Combaz was also an accomplished graphic artist, painter, and art critic who made important contributions to Western understanding of the art of the Far East and was an inspiring teacher to several generations of Belgian artists. For this thoroughly researched first study of Combaz's life, the author consulted family documents, unpublished photographs, works in private collections, and institutional and governmental archives to offer a full assessment of the man and his oeuvre. Included are a biographical essay and an analysis of his major works, with extensive documentation of his 24 posters.‎

Bookseller reference : 49246

‎Henk van Rensbergen; translation : Vicky Morrison‎

‎Abandoned Places The Photographer's Selection.‎

‎, Lannoo, 2016 Gebonden, Formaat: 30x26x3cm aantal pagina's: 224, boek in cellofaan ongeopend ! ISBN 9789401418072.‎

‎Henk van Rensbergen (Brussels, 1968) is Captain on a Boeing 767. While his colleagues rest at the swimming pool, he goes on an expedition. Today he is known worldwide as a photographer and urban explorer. In distant cities he searches for abandoned hospitals, overgrown industrial complexes, or city palaces that have been consumed by seeping water: the ruins of the modern world. Armed with a tripod and camera, he captures the past glory and secrets of these abandoned places. The best of the Abandoned Places series Photographer and Urban Explorer pioneer Henk Van Rensbergen bundles the most fascinating images of the abandoned buildings he discovered worldwide in a brand new collector's book. Van Rensbergen took the photography world by storm with his very first book. His beautiful images of mysterious ruined castles, factories and hospitals received a lot of acclaim. In the next two books, Van Rensbergen discovered a whole new bevy of abandoned places all over the world. This photographer's choice shows the best of Van Rensbergen.‎

Bookseller reference : 50238

‎Translation by Bietti M.‎

‎morte e la gloria Apparati funebri medicei per Filippo II di Spagna e Margherita d' Austria ; Firenze, Capelle Medicee, 13 marzo-27 giugno 1999‎

‎, Los Centenarios de Felipe II y Carlos V, 1999 Paperback, 311 pages, 24x30cm spanisch text , Illustrazione. ISBN 8886392753.‎

‎GLORIAS EF MERAS. LAS EXEQUIAS FLORENTINAS ...Los Centenarios de Felipe II y Carlos V, 1999. Paperback, 311 pages, Spanish, Illustrazione.‎

Bookseller reference : 54717

‎Wilfried Seipel ; Eliana Gelati ; traduction : Josy M ly‎

‎Pieter Bruegel l'Ancien : au Kunsthistorisches Museum de Vienne‎

‎, SKIRA, 1997 Hardcover, 164 pages, Texte en Francais, 285 x 250 mm, jaquetta illustre , bon etat!.illustrations en couleur / n/b. ISBN 9788881183852.‎

‎La monographie est d di e Pieter Bruegel l'Ancien, l'un des principaux artistes flamands du XVIe si cle. Consid r comme l'inventeur de la peinture de paysage, Bruegel a d peint le monde paysan avec une grande originalit dans sa vie quotidienne et sa simplicit , mais aussi dans sa na vet , son ignorance, sa superstition et sa folie ; un monde peupl de gens humbles et volontaires, mais aussi de monstres tragi-comiques de la nature, de cr atures monstrueuses dont la d formation est la fois physique et morale. Le volume prend en consid ration les chefs-d'?uvre de Bruegel appartenant aux collections du Kunsthistorisches Museum ; les apports critiques de Wilfried Seipel, Klaus Demus et Alexander Wied et les splendides images permettent au lecteur de se plonger dans sa peinture et d'appr cier pleinement les paysages minutieux, l'extr me propret du dessin et la veine narrative savoureuse de cet artiste qui a repr sent avec esprit et ironie le monde paysan.‎

Bookseller reference : 55055

‎Paul van Damme, Stijn van de Perre.; traduction : Anne-Laure Vignaux‎

‎Sans commentaire ? Une histoire de la Belgique a travers la caricature‎

‎, Le Cri / Pelckmans, 2011 Softcover, 227 pages, Texte en Francais, 305 x 290 x 25 mm, Tres belle exemplaire !!. ISBN 9782871065807.‎

‎Les caricatures politiques constituent une forme particuli re de journalisme. Telles des chroniques, elles commentent l?actualit . Mais leur langage visuel et souvent leur simplicit les rendent plus directs. Dans Sans paroles ? cinquante th mes majeurs de l'histoire belge sont illustr s travers une s lection r fl chie de plus de 400 dessins anim s. Chaque fois replac s dans leur contexte historique. Accompagn s de textes de synth se et de chronologies fluides, les nombreux dessins anim s racontent l'histoire de la Belgique. De l'ind pendance la mondialisation, de la Belgique unitaire la Belgique f d rale, de la formation de partis aux scandales politiques.‎

Bookseller reference : 55204

‎Sophie Campbell ; Anthony Mason ; traduction : Elisabeth de Lavigne‎

‎Destinations de r ve : Les plus beaux voyages du monde‎

‎, France Loisirs, 1996 Hardcover, 224 pages, Texte en Francais, 295 x 240 x 20 mm, jaquette illustre , Tres belle exemplaire., illustrations en couleur ISBN 9782744102059.‎

‎Un top des destinations de vacances ne saurait se limiter la France et l?Europe. De l?autre c t de l?Atlantique, New York vous assurera un s jour dans un d cor grandiose. Des rives de l?Hudson Times Square en passant par Central Park, New York est une des destinations incontournables pour explorer les tats-Unis. Chacune de vos balades dans New York vous permettra de d couvrir des buildings mythiques comme le Flat Iron ou l?Empire State Building, ou de pousser les portes de mus es r put s dans le monde entier comme le Metropolitan Museum of Art. Si vous tes la recherche de plages paradisiaques et de lagons turquoise, les meilleures destinations se trouvent bien plus au sud de New York, dans les les des Cara bes. La Guadeloupe, la Martinique ou encore la R publique dominicaine y seront quelques les o profiter d?un cadre fait de sable blanc, d?eau cristalline et de luxuriantes for ts tropicales.L?Asie saura galement vous s duire avec des les idylliques comme Bali. Ici, le d paysement sera de chaque instant. Apr s quelques baignades ressour antes au large de plages de sable blanc ou noir, Bali sera une des les qui vous r servent parmi les plus beaux panoramas d?Asie. Volcan majestueux, temples flottant sur les eaux et rizi res sculptant les collines sont quelques-unes des splendeurs qui permettent Bali de figurer parmi les meilleures destinations de vacances.Inspir par ce top destinations de vacances ? En France, en Europe, New York, dans les les des Cara bes ou Bali, les meilleures destinations pour un voyage synonyme d? vasion vous invitent un v ritable tour du monde.‎

Bookseller reference : 55337

‎Alessandro Bertolotti ; Clarisse Deubel ; Frederic Celestin ; translation :Denis-Armand Canal‎

‎Curiosa : La biblioth que rotique‎

‎, Editions de la Martini re] 2012, 2012 Hardcover, 254 pages, Texte en Francais, 290 x 260 x 27 mm, belle exemplaire, beaucoup photos et illustrations. ISBN 9782732452746.‎

‎Curiosa, tel est le nom donn la section d'une biblioth que priv e consacr e aux ouvrages sur l' rotisme, la pornographie, la sexualit . Et collectionner des livres rotiques, telle est l'une des passions du c l bre bibliophile italien Alessandro Bertolotti. Ce livre est le fruit de son travail de collectionneur. Les plus importants et les plus rares de ces erotica y sont pr sent s, avec leur couverture et quelques pages int rieures. Ils ne sont pas pr sent s dans un ordre chronologique, mais suivent un classement th matique : l'h ro ne libertine, le couvent bord lique, l' cole d'amour ou le sado-masochisme sont quelques-unes des cat gories tablies par l'auteur pour pr senter environ 130 livres, du XVIIe si cle nos jours, illustr s de gravures, peintures, dessins, photographies ou bandes dessin es.De Sade Guido Crepax, de Leonor Fini Robert Mappelthorpe, de Jean de la Fontaine Georges Bataille, cet ouvrage nous fera parcourir l'infinie vari t du d sir et du plaisir, et de l'imagination humaine. N en 1960, Alessandro Bertolotti est metteur en sc ne pour la t l vision italienne (la Rai) depuis 30 ans. Passionn de photographie, il a publi des portraits et des photographies de nus f minins dans les principales revues italiennes. Il est aussi l'auteur de deux ouvrages sur Capri. Ses photographies sont conserv es dans les collections de la Biblioth que nationale de France.‎

Bookseller reference : 55832

‎Olaf Thormann / Thomas Rudi, translation : Xenia Schurmann‎

‎DEEP-SEATED The Secret Art of Upholstery / BESESSEN Die geheime Kunst des Polsterns‎

‎, Arnoldsche, 2022 softcover 392 pages ,300 X 210 X 27 mm , 390 illustrations, Text in Deutsch / Englisch. ISBN 9783897906815.‎

‎BESESSEN Die geheime Kunst des Polsterns Upholstered seating is familiar to all of us as a more or less constant companion in everyday life. Upholstery conveys a sense of security and promises comfort, suggests or creates status, and tells a (hi)story. We barely give a thought to its interior. Yet a glimpse inside the chairs and armchairs is a journey into secrets, of lashed and sprung constructions, which prove to be unknown masterpieces of craftsmanship. DEEP-SEATED: The Secret Art of Upholstery traces pieces of furniture and their inner details and illustrates why upholstery is a constant constituent of cultural and social history. From the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Classicism, Historicism, and Art Nouveau to designs by Arne Jacobsen and Alvar Aalto, the history of upholstered furniture is traced up to the present day. It also includes a closer examination of the corresponding tools, textiles, braiding, tassels, and cushions. All this accumulated knowledge is summarized at the end in an extensive glossary for reference.‎

Bookseller reference : 60245

‎Shih-Hsiang Wang ; Zhang Ping ; translation : Sarah Handler‎

‎Classic Chinese Furniture : Ming and Early Qing Dynasties‎

‎, Joint Publishing, Co., Ltd., 1986 Hardcover, 327 pages, ENG, 310 x 240 x 30 mm, dustjacket, in Very Good Condition !, illustrated in sharp colour / b/w. ISBN 9789620404634.‎

‎Written by an authoritative furniture historian, Wang Shixiang, this book provides beautiful color plates, basic knowledge, and detailed descriptions of many important pieces.‎

Bookseller reference : 60766

‎Paul Vandenbroeck ; Julie Beckers ; Annelies Vogels ; Wendy Wauters ; translation : Ted Alkins‎

‎Born to be Glorified. Assumptionist Altarpieces in the Final Phase of the Spanish 'Reconquista'‎

‎BE - , Peeters leuven,, 2023 Hardcover with dusjacket, 147 pages, 245 x 245 x 16 mm, Illustrated. FINE. ISBN 9789042949706.‎

‎Hans Memling's altarpiece for the high altar of Santa Mar a la Real in N jera (1483-1494) must have been one of the most spectacular Flemish art works in the Iberian Peninsula. Only three panels survive in the Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts : God surrounded by singing and music-making angels. The retable?s central theme was the mystery of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. The iconography of the whole has been described by Jovellanos at the end of the 18th century. From c. 1482 on, dozens of monumental altarpieces dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin in conjunction with Christological themes have been created throughout Spain. They focus on the complex role of the Holy Virgin, her triumph and glorification. It was a common belief that she was the only human to have borne up bodily into heaven. Although ?Maryam? was held in very high esteem by Muslims too ?and as such, she was a interreligious ?bridge?--, her role as Theotokos or Mother of God was a point of conflict. During the last phase of the Reconquista, to Iberian Christians, the Assumption served as an image of the Church/Faith Triumphant, not as a conciliatory belief.‎

Bookseller reference : 60841

‎Matthieu Flory ; Elisa Nouaille ; translation : Eileen Powis‎

‎ANTIDESIGN : Galerie Avant-sc ne‎

‎, Norma ditions, 2022 Hardcover, 192 pages, ENG / FR, 310 x 225 x 25 mm, NEW , illustrated in colour. ISBN 9782376660743.‎

‎The 80s vibrate with energy. In their whirlwind, a generation of creators has emerged, carrying arts of living different from those of the past: Mark Brazier-Jones, Franck Evennou, Elizabeth Garouste, Marco de Gueltzl, Hubert Le Gall, Thierry Peltrault, Laurence Picot, Andrea Salvetti or even Claude de Wulf. In order to give flesh to this period in France, this book has collected the words of a witness of its actors, Elisabeth Delacarte whose Avant-Sc ne gallery is one of the few to have survived until today. For almost 40 years, it has defended singular artists who have become essential in their field. From France to England, Italy or Russia, the elaborate portraits dedicated to them evoke the atmosphere and the news that accompany them. Each embodies the importance of artistic craftsmanship, and all take particular paths in order to express universal emotions in their own way. The great subjects of today are declined along their course. We discover upcycling ahead of time with the fiery Marco de Gueltzl and the beginnings of the libertine punk Mark Brazier-Jones, the vital need for nature in the works of Frank Evennou or the sculptor chef Andrea Salvetti, the romanticism advocated by Laurence Picot, the joyful poetry of Elizabeth Garouste, the humorous fantasy of Hubert Le Gall. They have in common to have changed their lives to devote themselves to art furniture. This is also the case of Elisabeth Delacarte. His personal point of view illuminates from the inside the changes in the decorative arts at the end of the 20th century. Staging the productions of each artist, decoration projects punctuate the book and leave room for contemplation.‎

Bookseller reference : 60892

‎Geert Sels ; Ineke Vander Vekens ; translation : Pierre Lambert‎

‎tr sor de guerre des nazis : Enq ete sur le pillage d'art en Belgique‎

‎, RACINE, 2023 Hardcover, 448 pages, Texte en Francais, 245 x 180 x 40 mm, Nouveau, illustr. en couleur / n/b. ISBN 9782390252184.‎

‎La Seconde Guerre mondiale fut aussi le th tre d'un pillage artistique sans pr c dent. Dans les territoires occup s, les nazis s'empar rent d'innombrables biens culturels qu'ils exp di rent en Allemagne pour tancher la soif d'art des hauts dignitaires du parti. Ce livre apporte un clairage in dit sur les spoliations commises en Belgique. Comment expliquer la disparition de tableaux de grands ma tres tels que Memling, van der Weyden, Brueghel, Jordaens et Cranach ? Les nazis vid rent des maisons, d rob rent des oeuvres, orchestr rent des ventes forc es et d pens rent des millions de reichsmarks sur le march de l'art. Pendant huit ann es d'investigation, Geert Sels a m ticuleusement reconstitu le puzzle l'aide des pi ces d nich es dans des archives Paris, La Haye, Coblence et dans les principales villes de Belgique. Gr ce un travail de d tective minutieux, il retrace les itin raires suivis par de nombreuses oeuvres d'art. Il montre comment divers collectionneurs, marchands et h tels de ventes sans scrupule aid rent les nazis acqu rir des oeuvres d'art. Apr s la guerre, des tableaux provenant de Belgique se retrouv rent au Louvre, la Tate Britain, au Getty Museum ou la Yale University Art Gallery. Les Pays-Bas, la France, l'Allemagne et m me la Russie poss dent toujours des oeuvres d'art qui auraient d retourner en Belgique. Le r cit des v nements acquiert ainsi une envergure internationale. D'autres oeuvres ont bel et bien t restitu es et sont maintenant expos es dans des mus es belges, sans que l'on ait pris la peine de rechercher leurs propri taires l gitimes. Pourquoi, contrairement d'autres pays, la Belgique a-t-elle fait preuve d'une telle passivit en mati re d'oeuvres d'art spoli es par les nazis ? Le Tr sor de guerre des nazis d masque une v rit d rangeante, constituant par l m me une sorte de stress test pour la politique des pouvoirs publics. Ce livre sort diff rents dossiers de l'oubli et d voile la face obscure de tableaux accroch s dans nos mus es.‎

Bookseller reference : 60896

‎Simoni Philippi ; Arnold Newman, Philip Brookman : translation : Sophie Manceau‎

‎Arnold Newman ENG / FR / GER‎

‎, Taschen, 2000 Hardcover , 276 pages, ENG / FR / GER , 330 x 275 x 32 mm, dustjacket, book is As New !, full page photographs in colour / b/w , Large Format !. ISBN 9783822871935.‎

‎Piet Mondrian behind his easel, Igor Stravinsky at his piano, Max Ernst sitting smoking on his throne-like chair: Arnold Newman's photographs are classics of portraiture. His subtle arrangements constituted the foundations of "environmental portraiture." His photographs integrate the respective artist's characteristic equipment and surroundings, thus indicating his or her field of activity. The enormous fame of Newman's portraits can be ascribed to their daring compositions and sometimes astounding spatial structures. The photographer's beginnings, on the other hand, were none too promising. During the Great Depression Newman had to abandon his art studies for financial reasons. Between 1938 and 1942 he concentrated on socio-documentary photography in the ghettos of West Palm Beach, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. One might think that being forced to earn his living in a photography studio would have stifled his artistic potential: Newman portrayed up to 70 clients a day. Yet he still succeeded in developing a very personal touch and establishing himself in the New York art scene of the early 1940s. His subjects included Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Marc Chagall, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Alexander Calder. With his unmistakable style, Newman became the star photographer of artists, writers and musicians.‎

Bookseller reference : 60907

‎Kiso Kurokawa ; Sawako Takeuchi ; Toshiko Isa ; translation : Jeffrey Hunter‎

‎KISHO KUROKAWA : FROM METABOLISM TO SYMBIOSIS / **with signature and dedication of Kiso Kurokawa,‎

‎, Academy Editions/St. Martin's Press, 1992 Hardcover , 311 pages, ENG, 340 x 265 x 30 mm, dustjacket, Perfect condition, illustrated in colour / b/w., **with signature and dedication of Kiso Kurokawa to Raymond Georis 1935-2007. ISBN 9781854901194.‎

‎Focuses on the life and work of Kiso Kurokawa, one of the world's most active architects both in Japan and internationally. His recent work includes: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Victoria Central, Australia and the Japanese-Chinese Youth Centre, Peking.‎

Bookseller reference : 60938

‎Pierluigi de Vecchi, Gianluigi Colalucci ; Franz Gisler ; translation : Paul Alexandre‎

‎Chapelle Sixtine Tome 3 - Le Jugement dernier.‎

‎, Editions Citadelles, 1995 Hardcover, 262 pages, Texte en Francais , Nouveau !, 435 x 310 x 38 mm, tui, illustrations en couleur, tr s grande taille. ISBN 9782850880476.‎

‎Editeur exclusif pour la France de toutes les images de la chapelle Sixtine restaur e, Citadelles & Mazenod propose ici un ouvrage exceptionnel tous points de vue, sur le Jugement dernier de Michel-Ange, enfin restaur . En 1989, la publication des deux volumes consacr s la vo te restaur e avaient fait sensation, tant aupr s des professionnels que des amateurs, des journalistes ou des historiens d'art. Avant m me d' tre livr s, les exemplaires de cette dition num rot e taient d j vendus ou r serv s ! Dor navant, ce coffret est un v ritable ouvrage de bibliophilie, recherch par bien des amateurs. Le volume consacr dans la m me s rie au Jugement dernier conna t un gal succ s. Pour la premi re fois au monde, il est possible de voir, et d'admirer l'int gralit du mur d'autel de la chapelle Sixtine, sans jumelles, et sans tre troubl par la cohue qui visite ce lieu saint. Un soin ditorial hors du commun a t mis en place pour faire de ce livre l'objet rare et soign qu'il doit tre : campagne photographique exclusive, maquette originale qui, gr ce de nombreux d pliants, restitue la fresque dans toute son ampleur, papier d'un fort grammage, impression en quadrichromie sur machine sp ciale, reliure en cuir et toile... tout contribue faire du Jugement dernier un livre pour les vrais amateurs de beaux livres.‎

Bookseller reference : 60985

‎Pavel Vancat ; translation : Marzia Paton‎

‎Jan Svoboda‎

‎, Torst, 2014 Paperback, 140 pages, ENG, 180 x 160 x 10 mm, as New, ill. in b/w, . ISBN 9788072154241.‎

‎Czech artist Jan Svoboda (1934-1990) spent a lifetime laboring to redefine the language of photography. This catalogue gives an overview of his career, from early still lifes to works that questioned the rules and boundaries of the photographic image to his pioneering conceptual photographs of the late 1960s--pictures that frequently quoted from other works of his.‎

Bookseller reference : 61117

‎Aldo Rossi ; Vincent Skully ; translation : Lawrence Venuti‎

‎Aldo Rossi : A Scientific Autobiography‎

‎, (Oppositions books), 1981 Hardcover, 120 pages, ENG, 255 x 225 x 15 mm, dustjacket, book is in New condition ! illustrated in b/w. ISBN 9780262181044.‎

‎Aldo Rossi (3 May 1931 ? 4 September 1997) was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and also product design. He was one of the leading proponents of the postmodern movement. He was the first Italian to receive the Pritzker Prize for architecture‎

Bookseller reference : 61225