In addition to her life's work in ceramic art, the artist, gallerist and collector Lotte Reimers (b. 1932) has compiled a fascinating collection of applied art from other …
Alongside Erasmus of Rotterdam, Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522) is one of the most important European humanists whose works marked the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern …
Oskar Schlemmer, painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, sculptor, wall designer, set designer, choreographer and author, is one of the most diverse artists of the modern age. Two …
In the Biedermeier period, scenes and idylls of the early works by Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885), odd misfits, soldiers, monks and maids are all featured in the middle-class provincial …
The goldsmith and art dealer Johann Karl Bossard (1846–1914) is regarded as one of the key figures of Historicism in Switzerland. This publication focuses for the first time on not …
A South Seas dream and dangerous Other - the Marquesas Islands in the Pacific Ocean captivated such figures as Paul Gauguin and Herman Melville. Tikimania embarks on a unique …
The last of the great 18th-century German porcelain factories was established by Carl Eugen, Duke of Wurttemberg, in Ludwigsburg on 5 April 1758. "Dazzling Rococo" is published on …
30 members of the international studio jewellery scene present their latest works. A valuable contribution to the positioning of jewellery in the arts. Karen Pontoppidan (b. 1968), …
From sumptuously embellished glass vessels by Emile Gallé, Daum Frères and Louis Comfort Tiffany, subtly decorated pieces of the famous porcelain manufactories in Rozenburg, …
Tsha-tsha are terracottas, or unfired earthenware figures, in the form of cast-sculptured stupas/choerten (reliquaries) or reliefs, which are decorated in a variety of religious …
