‎Johan Creten. De Storm‎

‎, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerpen, 2014, hardcover,127 pagina's, rijk ge llustreerd, 17,5 x 24,7 cm text ENG / NED. ISBN 9789081185370.‎

‎Deze publicatie is uitgegeven naar aanleiding van de tentoonstelling De Storm, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerpen. ?De Storm? verkent in vier delen de relationele en emotionele stormen die bij elke persoonlijke ontwikkeling horen en de grotere stormen die woeden binnen de samenleving. Het werk van Johan Creten maakt deel uit van collecties over de hele wereld, en blijft overal hevige reacties oproepen. Relatief onbekend bij ons, maar een grote naam in het buitenland: hij was de eerste levende Belgische beeldend kunstenaar die in het Louvre mocht tentoonstellen. Net als Schutte en Fontana is Creten altijd een voortrekker geweest om traditionele materialen zoals brons en keramiek terug te brengen in de hedendaagse kunst. Is Johan Creten een freak, een outsider, een weirdo die al klei ademend eet en slaapt? Neemt hij een anachronistische positie in binnen de hedendaagse kunstscene? Ogenschijnlijk onschuldige, haast naief ogende figuratieve beelden blijken complexe metaforen te zijn. Recent zijn de beelden abstracter geworden en verbeelden ze de chaos van de hedendaagse werkelijkheid. Het Middelheimmuseum toont met deze tentoonstelling hun actuele zeggingskracht aan. Dit in relatie tot andere tendensen in de hedendaagse beeldende kunst en in relatie tot de eigen collectie. ‎

‎Johan Cretan : 8 Gods‎

‎Brussels , London & Paris, Almine Rech Gallery 2017, 2017 Hardcover, 151 pages, English / Francais, 320 x 285 mm, fine copy/bon etat, illustrations in colour, in combination with poems, rare ex, . ISBN 9782930573236.‎

‎Johan Creten is a Belgian visual artist, born in 1963 in Sint-Truiden. He is considered a pioneer in the revival of modern ceramics, which reintroduced clay into contemporary art. He was the first Belgian to exhibit at the Louvre in Paris during his lifetime. ///// Johan Creten est un artiste plasticien belge, n en 1963 Sint-Truiden. Il est consid r comme un pionnier du renouveau de la c ramique moderne, qui a r introduit l'argile dans l'art contemporain. Il fut le premier Belge exposer de son vivant au Louvre Paris.‎

‎Johan Creten : Naked Roots / Naakte Wortels‎

‎, Lannoo, 2018 Hardcover, 136 pages , ENG / NL, 320 x 285 x 20 mm, New, full page coloured ill. ISBN 9789401455121.‎

‎EN - Together with Lucio Fontana and Thomas Sch tte, Johan Creten is considered one of the pioneers of the revival of ceramics in contemporary art. He has been using clay in a highly innovative and personal manner since as far back as the 1980s. His beautifully coloured sculptures contain numerous (ambiguous) references. Influenced by man and nature, classical antiquity, art history, opera, literature, and poetry, complemented with more current, socially charged subjects such as politics, racism, power relations, and sexuality, Johan Creten moulds all these impressions into a wonderful world filled with fantastic animals, flowers, and human figures. His work is stunningly beautiful and, at times, very controversial. This book contains nine exceptional historical objects from Creten's collection that relate to his groundbreaking oeuvre. This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Naked Roots/Naakte Wortels in museum Beelden aan Zee in The Hague. Explanatory text by Joost Bergman, art historian, art advisor, and lecturer in art history at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.‎

‎Mensen en centen : het 16de-eeuwse Gent in demografisch en economisch perspectief‎

‎Gent, Maatschappij voor geschiedenis en oudheidkunde, 2001 softcover, 446 pages afbeeldingen .‎

‎Mensen en centen : het 16de-eeuwse Gent in demografisch en economisch perspectief‎

‎BERT DE LEEUW, monografie. ‎

‎, Antwerpen, Uitgeverij Pandora, 1997, Hardcover in linnen met ge llustreerde stofomslag, frontispice, 250x310 mm.,112 pp., zeer mooie uitgave. *Nieuwstaat. ISBN 9789053250785.‎

‎Monografie; ‎

‎Emile Claus Prince of Luminism‎

‎, Hannibal Books, 2024 Hardcover- 29,2 x 24,5 cm - 224 pagina?s -Quadrichromie colors -English edition Fine ISBN 9789464941340.‎

‎Impressive monograph of the most important Belgian Impressionist: Emile Claus Emile Claus: Prince of Luminism celebrates the centenary of the death of Belgium?s leading impressionist, Emile Claus (1849?1924). He captured the unique atmosphere that characterised life around the river Lys in Flanders like no other artist, before or since. During his early academic years in Antwerp, Claus emerged as a portrait and genre painter. Over the course of the next decade, his interest in landscapes expanded significantly. He established his reputation with such key works as Cockfight in Flanders, Cows Crossing the River Lys, Beet Harvest and The Skaters, becoming a prominent figure in the art world of his time, both in Belgium and overseas. His virtuoso touch means that his work is included in the holdings of several prestigious museums as well as the Royal Collection and countless private collections. Emile Claus expert Johan De Smet, senior curator at the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, sheds light on the key moments of Claus?s artistic career via literary references, archival documents and a comprehensive exploration of his most important paintings. This is an essential work for enthusiasts of impressionist art, and an eye-opening introduction to those new to Claus. This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Emile Claus: Prince of Luminism at mudel Museum of Deinze and the Leie Region, Deinze from 27 September 2024 until 26 January 2025.‎

‎ mile Claus Prince du luminisme.‎

‎, Hannibal Books, 2024 Hardcover- 29,2 x 24,5 cm - 224 pagina's -Quadrichromie colors -Texte en Francais edition **Fine ISBN 9789464941500.‎

‎Impressionnante monographie du plus important impressionniste belge : mile Claus mile Claus, prince du luminisme c l bre le centenaire de la mort du plus grand impressionniste belge, mile Claus (1849-1924), un peintre qui n?eut pas son pareil pour saisir la vie et l?atmosph re unique des bords de la Lys. D s ses premi res ann es l?Acad mie d?Anvers, Claus s?est affirm comme portraitiste et peintre de genre. Au cours de la d cennie suivante, son int r t pour les paysages n?a cess d?augmenter. Avec des ?uvres-cl s comme Combat de coqs en Flandre, Vaches traversant la Lys, La R colte de betteraves et Les Patineurs, il a confort sa r putation au point de devenir une personnalit incontournable dans le monde de l'art. Ses ?uvres magistrales figurent aujourd?hui dans les collections de plusieurs mus es prestigieux, ainsi que dans la Collection royale et d?innombrables collections priv es. Johan De Smet, sp cialiste d? mile Claus et conservateur charg des collections, de la recherche et des expositions au Mus e des Beaux-Arts de Gand, met en lumi re les principaux moments de la carri re artistique de Claus travers de nombreux chefs-d??uvre, t moignages litt raires et documents d'archives. Un ouvrage de r f rence indispensable aux amateurs d?art impressionniste. Ce livre para t l'occasion de l'exposition mile Claus, prince du luminisme, organis e du 27 septembre 2024au 26 janvier 2025 au mudel ? Mus e de Deinze et de la r gion de la Lys, Deinze.‎

‎Emile Verhaeren‎

‎Gent, Snoeck Publishers, 2016 Soepele binding, 304 pagina's, 27 x 21 cm. Nederlandstalige tekst. *Prima staat. ISBN 9789461613394.‎

‎Naar aanleiding van de honderdste verjaardag van zijn overlijden brengt het MSK een hommage aan Emile Verhaeren (1855-1916), n van de hoofdrolspelers in het Belgische culturele landschap rond de eeuwwisseling. Verhaeren genoot als dichter en chroniqueur van de kunst van zijn tijd tijdens zijn leven een internationale renommee. In zijn po zie en geschriften bundelt Verhaeren zijn gevoelens, passies en artistieke strijdpunten. Meer dan 100 jaar later laten ze ons toe het werk van nationale en internationale kunstenaars te herontdekken door de ogen van een eigenzinnig kenner. Tegelijk halen we een grote reeks kunstwerken uit internationale publieke en private verzamelingen naar Gent, met stukken van ondermeer Auguste Rodin, Paul Signac, Maximilien Luce of Odilon Redon. Ook kunstenaars als L on Fr d ric, Eug ne Laermans en Constantin Meunier, Jan Toorop en Guillaume Vogels, Henry Van de Velde, Fernand Khnopff en George Minne kunnen uiteraard niet ontbreken. In totaal brengen we niet minder dan 200 werken uit het fin de si cle op zaal. ‎

‎Ik wordt Ik wordt (E/ F/ NL/ NO)‎

‎, MER Paper Kunsthalle, PAPARBACK. 317 PAGES 24x17cm. ISBN 9789491775048.‎

‎The book ik wordt runs parallel to the exhibition of the same title-it is as such not a record of the exhibition-the book exists as exhibition. The title ik wordt (I become) refers to the drawing of the same title by Johan De Wilde and to the request he addressed at 300 people to take part in a solo exhibition by associating something with one or several of his works. All texts and images, and an equal number of fragments from the Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco-a reference to an in situ work by the artist-are depicted in the book in their mutual relationship. One of the questions the artist raises, is how the work of art (and therefore also the artist) relate as form and contents to the outside world, including when it is not being looked at (at nighttime, or when the museum is closed, or when the work is stored away in the museum depot). Another issue entails a critical approach to the viewer's participation. According to De Wilde, art only exists if it is created all over again. The artist thus argues in favour of the museum and real commitment.‎

‎sch nsten Ansichten aus Sachsen : Johann Alexander Thiele (1685-1752) zum 250. Todestag‎

‎, Sandstein Verlag, 2002 Softcover, 268 seiten, Deutsche sprache, 270 x 240 mm, im guten zustand!. ISBN 9783930382675.‎

‎Correspondence of Johannes Hevelius. Volume IV. The Correspondence with Stanislaw Lubieniecki‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 573 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:22 b/w, Language(s):English, Latin, French. ISBN 9782503571188.‎

‎Summary Stanislaw Lubieniecki (1623-1675) was a Polish nobleman and adherent to the Unitarian religion. After his coreligionists were expelled from Poland and Lithuania in 1658, he settled in Hamburg and in the neighbouring town of Altona. When a comet appared in the sky in late 1664, Lubieniecki entered into correspondence with about forty astronomers, mathematicians and other scholars - Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Athanasius Kircher, Otto von Guericke, Erasmus Bartholin and Isma l Boulliau, among others. Johannes Hevelius was one of the addressees of his letters, and their correspondence turned out to be long-lasting and abundant. In the years 1664-1673, they exchanged 92 letters (31 from Hevelius, 61 from Lubieniecki). This correspondence is the fourth most voluminous in the entire corpus of Hevelius's letters. Hevelius was a reputed astronomer, sometimes unwilling to share his observations and ideas, and Lubieniecki was an interested dilettante, striving to learn more about the comets of 1664 and 1665 and other astronomical phenomena as well as their significance. He wanted to collect as many accounts of contemporary and historical comets as possible, and he published them in his Theatrum cometicum. Even though at the same time Hevelius worked on his Cometographia, they both realized that their books touched upon different aspects of cometary studies: historical in the Theatrum cometicum and astronomical in Cometographia. This volume is a part of the edition of Johannes Hevelius's correspondence. The collection of letters, whose manuscripts are kept in the Library of the Paris Observatory, has not been published nor thoroughly studied yet. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 : Stanislaw Lubieniecki and his Theatrum cometicum 1.1. The Life of Stanislaw Lubieniecki 1.2. Outline of Cometary Studies in Lubieniecki's Time 1.3. Theatrum cometicum 2 : The Hevelius-Lubieniecki Correspondence 2.1. The Number of Letters 2.2. Overview of the Correspondence 2.3. Hevelius's Input to Lubieniecki's Cometary Discussions 2.4. Overlap of Hevelius's and Lubieniecki's Networks 3 : Lubieniecki and the Heavens 3.1. Lubieniecki and the Theatrum cometicum in the Critical Literature 3.2. Lubieniecki and Astronomy 3.3. Lubieniecki and Astrology 3.4. Lubieniecki's Astronomical Correspondence 3.5. Letters in the Theatrum cometicum 4 : Editorial Principles CORRESPONDENCE APPENDICES Appendix 1. : Lubieniecki's Extract from Hevelius's Prodromus cometicus Appendix 2. : Lubieniecki's Extract from Hevelius's Descriptio cometae Appendix 3. : Lubieniecki's Opinion on the Meaning of Comets BIBLIOGRAPHY INDICES‎

‎Women's History in the Age of Reformation. Johannes Meyer's Chronicle of the Dominican Observance‎

‎, Brepols, 2019 Paperback, approx. x + 306 pages, Size:152 x 229 mm, Illustrations:2 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9780888443083.‎

‎Summary In his work The Book of the Reformation of the Order of Preachers, the Dominican friar Johannes Meyer (1422-1485) drew on letters, treatises, and other written records, as well as interviews, oral accounts, and his own personal experience, to record the blossoming of the Observant reform movement. The result is this sprawling, eclectic, yet curiously intimate account of the men - but mostly of the women - who devoted their lives to revitalizing the Dominican order in southern Germany. With his reliance on their accounts and archives and respect for their intellectual abilities and spiritual resolve, Meyer's treatment of medieval Dominican women provides a model from which today's historians stand to learn. The introduction contextualizes Meyer's celebratory work within a more objective historical background; it is followed by a full translation, making this remarkable history available to English-speaking readers for the first time.‎