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Paris has about 600 impasses, cites, villas and squares: streets
that come to a dead end - cul-de-sacs, as they used to be called in
French and are still called in English. Within the Peripherique,
Paris is the most densely populated city in Europe, with more than
20,000 inhabitants per square kilometre. This book depicts about
200 cul-de-sacs from the 1st to the 20th arrondissement for the
first time. The photographs offer a glimpse of part of Paris that
usually goes unnoticed. Text in English, French, and Dutch.
From the 17th - 20th century, the "voyage to Rome" established
itself as a source of infinite inspiration where prevails the
connections to Antiquity artworks. The former capital of the Roman
Empire exercised a powerful hand of seduction through its monuments
such as the Coliseum, its nearby sites (Pompei, Herculaneum) and
its art depicting ideal beauty, which was inherited from the
Greeks. This book addresses all the singularity of a city of
contrasts and pleasures, to the light of the South: its different
neighbourhoods, its palaces, galleries, restless life of the
population, and even gastronomy which stroke new colours to Art in
Europe. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Liege Museum.
Kehinde Wiley is an icon of contemporary American painting. He
takes a critical look at the history of art by reinterpreting
traditional representations of power. The exhibition at La
Malmaison offers a selection of some 30 canvases and stained glass
windows presenting, for the first solo exhibition in a French
institution, the work of the leading artist of contemporary
American art. Text in English and French.
This exhibition catalogue presents a meticulous selection of
'illustrated' works encompassing Picasso's entire career. Shining a
light on this relatively unknown aspect of the artist are some 200
illustrated works as well as some of his major masterpieces,
archival documents, films and extracts of recordings, which
together capture the inventive diversity and wealth of his oeuvre
and further underpins the major role Picasso played - and still
plays to this day - in art history. Text in English, French and
Dutch.
Furusiyya in the East meets Chivalry in the West. Discover how
these distinct practices of combat and knightly values led to a
specific culture in the Islamic East and the largely Christian
West. This unique exhibition explores the ancient roots of chivalry
as well as the role of a knight in combat and the different
chivalric codes that developed around the world, from Iraq and
Syria in the East, to France and Spain in the West. With over 130
rare artworks from the 10th to the beginning of the 16th centuries,
including spectacular arms, armour, and rare manuscripts, readers
will discover how some of these practices and the knightly spirit
became a past time, and how some of them continue around the world
to this day.
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