Art ISBN: 9789492677440 Hannibal Publishing 291 x 242mm. 240pp., 100 col. Available £36.00, Hardback n The
human fight for justice as illustrated by prestigious masterpieces from the Burgundian Netherlands
Call for Justice
Art and Law in the Low Countries 1450-1650
Samuel Mareel, Manfred Sellink, and others
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all for Justice highlights the rich and fascinating interaction between art, the practice of law and the idea of justice in the territories governed by the Great Council of Mechelen when at the height of its powers.
A Guide to Rubens’ Antwerp
ISBN: 9789401453776 English ISBN: 9789401453806 German Lannoo Publishers 195 x 144mm. 144pp., 120 col., 20 b.&w. June 2018 £15.00, Paperback
Irene Smets
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ntwerp museums and churches contain about a hundred paintings, drawings, designs and sketches by Rubens. A large part of those are public. A Guide to Rubens’ Antwerp allows you to experience Rubens and the Baroque in an intense way. A mapped walk takes you to the various places in Antwerp where Rubens’ work can be seen.
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of a practical city guide and a richly illustrated souvenir book, including walks along all Rubens’ sights in Antwerp
ISBN: 9780996200769 The Artist Book Foundation 305 x 254mm. 160pp., 80 col., 10 b.&w. October 2018 £45.00, Hardback n Despite
his talent and the significant accolades earned during his career, the recognition of Theodore Wendel’s achievements has faded in the near-century following his death
ISBN: 9783858816009 Scheidegger & Spiess 250 x 210mm. 208pp., 114 col. June 2018 £45.00, Hardback n Karl
Bodmer’s watercolours and sketches are among the most important documents of Native Amerian culture of the 19th century
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Theodore Wendel True Notes of American Impressionism Laurene Buckley
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heodore Wendel – one of the first American artists to take French Impressionism home to the US to develop on native soil. His portraits and still lifes exemplify the joyous palette and vigorous brushwork of the genre, but they also mirror the idyllic, transient beauty of rural hamlets along the Massachusetts coast.
Karl Bodmer
A Swiss Artist in America 1809-1893 Edited by Nordamerika Native Museum Zurich
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n 1832 Swiss artist Karl Bodmer (1809-93) produced more than 400 watercolours and sketches of Native American people, landscapes, animals, and plants. This richly illustrated volume brings to life a monumental event in both art history and the history of early America.
ACC Art Books Autumn 2018