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In his lifetime Hieronymus Bosch was already famous for his
fantastic, unearthly creations. Today his name has become
synonymous with the eerie, infernal and macabre. Bosch’s
enigmatic paintings have resulted in numerous interpretations; some
tried to understand his visual worlds through esoteric means, while
others attempted to decode them through psychology and
psychoanalysis. Now in paperback, Hieronymus Bosch: Visions and
Nightmares traces the career of a painter who worked for the
highest aristocratic and courtly circles, and explains Bosch’s
paintings against the background of contemporary culture and
society.
Men in stately black, women with huge ruffs, children with golden
rattles, old women with wizened faces, and self-satisfied
artists... These are the main players in just about every portrait
ever painted in the Southern Netherlands. From the15th to the 17th
centuries, the tract of land that we today call Flanders was the
economic, cultural, intellectual and financial heart of Europe. And
money flows - with everyone who could afford it investing in a
portrait. Today, these cherished status symbols of the past have
largely lost their original significance. But beyond their
functional and emotional aspects, these portraits turn their
subjects into gateways to the past. This book takes masterpieces
from the collection of The Phoebus Foundation and outlines the
broad context in which they came into being, peeling back levels of
meaning like the layers of an onion. Whether captured in an
impressive Rubens or Van Dyck, or an intimate portrait by a
forgotten artist, the persons portrayed were once flesh and blood,
each with their own peculiarities, hidden agendas and ambitions.
Some portraits are very personal and hyper-individual. Others are a
little dusty, the ladies and gentleman being children of their
time. In most cases, however, their dreams and aspirations are
surprisingly timeless and soberingly recognisable. The Bold and the
Beautiful is an appointment with history: a meeting through
portraiture with men and women from bygone centuries. But for those
willing to look closely, the border between the present and the
past is paper-thin. Published on the occasion of the exhibition
Blind Date. Portretten met blikken en blozen, Autumn 2020, in
Snijders&Rockoxhuis Antwerp, curated by Dr. Katharina Van
Cauteren & Hildegard Van de Velde with a scenography by Walter
Van Beirendonck.
The volume offers a survey of the contribution of German literature
and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of
ecocritical theory and practice is rapidly expanding towards
transnational and global dimensions, it seems nevertheless
necessary to consider the distinct manifestations of ecological
thought in various cultures. In this sense, the volume demonstrates
in twenty-six essays from different disciplines how German
literature, philosophy, art, and science have contributed in unique
ways to the emergence of ecological thought on national and
transnational scale. The volume maps the most important and
characteristic of these developments both on a theoretical and on a
textual-analytical level. It is structured in five parts ranging
from proto-ecological thought since early modern times (part I) to
major theoretical approaches (part II), environmental history (part
III), and ecocritical case studies (part IV), to ecological visions
in different media and art forms (part V). The four editors have
widely published and are actively involved in ecocritical literary
and cultural studies. The group of editors consists of two scholars
of German literature and cultural studies, Gabriele Duerbeck and
Urte Stobbe (both University of Vechta), a scholar in German and
comparative literature, Evi Zemanek (University of Freiburg), as
well as a scholar of Anglo-American ecoliterature and ecocriticism,
Hubert Zapf. All of them are involved in various projects and
research networks on ecology and literature. The contributors of
the individual chapters likewise are all experts in their
respective fields, ranging from German literature, history,
environmental studies, art history, music and art. The book is a
unique and readily accessible collection of essays that is of
relevance not only for a German and continental European but for a
worldwide audience.
The volume offers a survey of the contribution of German literature
and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of
ecocritical theory and practice is rapidly expanding towards
transnational and global dimensions, it seems nevertheless
necessary to consider the distinct manifestations of ecological
thought in various cultures. In this sense, the volume demonstrates
in twenty-six essays from different disciplines how German
literature, philosophy, art, and science have contributed in unique
ways to the emergence of ecological thought on national and
transnational scale. The volume maps the most important and
characteristic of these developments both on a theoretical and on a
textual-analytical level. It is structured in five parts ranging
from proto-ecological thought since early modern times (part I) to
major theoretical approaches (part II), environmental history (part
III), and ecocritical case studies (part IV), to ecological visions
in different media and art forms (part V). The four editors have
widely published and are actively involved in ecocritical literary
and cultural studies. The group of editors consists of two scholars
of German literature and cultural studies, Gabriele Duerbeck and
Urte Stobbe (both University of Vechta), a scholar in German and
comparative literature, Evi Zemanek (University of Freiburg), as
well as a scholar of Anglo-American ecoliterature and ecocriticism,
Hubert Zapf. All of them are involved in various projects and
research networks on ecology and literature. The contributors of
the individual chapters likewise are all experts in their
respective fields, ranging from German literature, history,
environmental studies, art history, music and art. The book is a
unique and readily accessible collection of essays that is of
relevance not only for a German and continental European but for a
worldwide audience.
Justyna Koeke transforms children's fantasies into wearable
sculptures, morphs fashion shows into performances. As a child the
artist, together with her sisters, painted her heroes "princesses
and saints" which she now translates into reality as a collection
of vibrantly colourful outfits full of whimsical detail. These
tailored fantasies are brought to life on the bodies of ladies of
advanced years. The publication presents the entire project: from
the child-like naive drawings, via photographs of the dressed-up
models before the sterile backdrop of their retirement home, to
fun-loving fashion shows - an equally humorous and critical
approach to the correlation of childhood dreams and the reality of
getting older, in which the unsolved issues of an increasingly
ageing society invariably resonate. The art project, which
fluctuates between sculpture, performance and allusions to the
fashion world, was presented, among other places, at the
Alternative Berlin Fashion Week. Text in English and German.
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