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Gems in the Early Modern World
This edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology of gems, and it does so against the backdrop of an expanding global trade in gems. The eleven chapters are organised into three parts. The first part sets the scene by describing how gems moved around the early modern world, how they were set in motion, and how they were pulled together in the course of their travels. The second part is about value. It asks why people valued gems, how they determined the value of a given gem, and how the value of a gem was connected to its perceived place of origin. The third part deals with the skills involved in cutting, polishing, and mounting gems, and how these skills were transmitted and articulated by artisans. The common themes of all these chapters are materials, knowledge and global trade. The contributors to this volume focus on the material properties of gems such as their weight and hardness, on the knowledge involved in exchanging them and valuing them, and on the cultural consequences of the expanding trade in gems in Eurasia and the Americas.
Marginalized Groups, Inequalities and the Post-War Welfare State
Examining the ways in which societies treat their most vulnerable members has long been regarded as revealing of the bedrock beliefs and values that guide the social order. However, academic research about the post-war welfare state is often focused on mainstream arrangements or on one social group. With its focus on different marginalized groups: migrants and people with disabilities, this volume offers novel perspectives on the national and international dimensions of the post-war welfare state in Western Europe and North America.
Fashion. the Momu Collection - Antwerp
* The outstanding holdings of the Mode Museum, aka MoMu, Belgium's most prestigious fashion collection, is presented for the first time in one book* Includes four decades of Belgian fashion, with work by Raf Simons, Ann Demeulemeester, Dirk van Saene, Dries Van Noten, Martin Margiela, and Dirk Bikkembergs, among othersThis beautifully illustrated book presents the permanent collection of Antwerp's renowned fashion museum (MoMu), and offers an overview of the most important protagonists of Belgian fashion from the 1970s to today. It includes photographs of the exhibitions which took place at the museum between 2002 and 2018, and is supplemented by a selection from the museum's historical collection of clothing from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Man Ray and Fashion
Man Ray was a widely versatile artist who worked with a range of different media and did not like to be pigeonholed. Fashion as such did not seem to be a particular interest of his, but dressmaking was part of his youth and photographing fashion played a crucial role throughout his career. The way he portrayed women and their clothing continues to influence fashion photographers today. Man Ray used new and unexpected angles, employed artistic staging, and applied such innovative processes as solarization and multiple exposure to his fashion photography. In recent decades, fashion designers continue to find inspiration in his Surrealist imagery. This is most notably true for Belgian designers...
Margiela Hermes Years
Martin Margiela's pioneering and timeless designs made for the luxury house of Hermès between 1997 and 2003 are the stars of this book, highlighting this period in the iconic and enigmatic Belgian designer's career. The first edition was published to accompany an exhibition in the Modemuseum Antwerp. The new edition, accompanying the exhibition in Paris, includes images from the Antwerp exhibition, and more extensive essays by Rebecca Arnold, Kaat Debo and Sarah Mower, and a foreword by Suzy Menkes.This key period between 20th- and 21st-century fashion is evoked through interviews with Margiela's closest collaborators. Never-before-published material from the Maison Martin Margiela archives, numerous striking and exquisitely refined images from Le Monde d'Hermès, as well as new photographic material tell the story of Margiela's supreme wardrobe for Hermès.
DIVA. Brilliant Stories
Elke diamant reist minstens éénmaal door Antwerpen. In de sinjorenstad worden al eeuwenlang diamanten verhandeld. Geen wonder dus dat het nieuwe diamantmuseum DIVA zich hier gevestigd heeft.0Nergens anders vind je meer vakmanschap, authentieke objecten en spannende verhalen. Kijk binnen in ateliers van drie hedendaagse Antwerpse juwelenmakers, leer meer over de etiquette van het dragen van juwelen, kom meer te weten over de perfecte manier om je tafel te dekken en ontdek het verschil tussen echte en valse diamanten.
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Powermask
Since the nineties, Walter Van Beirendonck has been fascinated with masks. They change your identity, invoke a certain atmosphere and have an instant impact. Many artists, among whom are André Breton, Pablo Picasso and even Brueghel, have been influenced by them. Power Mask - The Power of Masks elaborates on the many different aspects of masks: the link between Western art and African masks, the supernatural aspect, rituals about masks, masks in fashion or as a fetish... This book accompanies an expo in the Wereldmuseum (World Museum) Rotterdam, from 1 September 2017 until 7 January 2018. AUTHOR: Walter Van Beirendonck has launched clothing lines of his own making since 1983. His creations ...
Magritte, 1898-1967
Catalogues an extensive exhibition held at the Royal Museums, Brussels; covers the full spectrum of Magritte's work.
