Beauty en Fashion
De laatste trends uit het Oude Rome
Dorothee Olthof & Martine Teunissen | 2018
‘Mooi zijn is kunst met een geheim’, zo schreef de Romeinse dichter Ovidius tweeduizend jaar geleden. Romeinse vrouwen wilden graag net zo mooi zijn als Venus, de godin van de liefde. Romeinse mannen moesten, volgens…
Chariots in Ancient Egypt
The Tano Chariot, A Case Study
Edited by André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram, with contributions by Ole Herslund, Lisa Sabbahy & Lucy Skinner | 2018
Chariots, the racing cars of the ancient world, first appeared in Egypt about 1600 BC, and quickly became not only the preferred mode of transport for royalty and the elite, but also revolutionised military tactics…
Fighting Fibres
Kiribati Armour and Museum Collections
Edited by Julie Adams, Polly Bence and Alison Clark | 2018
This book brings together artists, curators, researchers and conservators to consider the significance of coconut fibre armour from the islands of Kiribati. Taking as its focus the armour found in museum collections, it investigates the…
Debating Religious Space and Place in the Early Medieval World (c. AD 300-1000)
Edited by Chantal Bielmann and Brittany Thomas | 2018
Religious spaces are often some of the most debated, contested, or otherwise scrutinized in the early medieval world. That space and place were important to people in the past is evident in their architecture, artwork,…
Exploring human nature
A reflexive mixed methods enquiry into Solo time in the wilderness
Jana Lemke | 2018
Exploring human nature takes the reader deep into the human experience of being in nature. Our current ecological predicament highlights the need to change people’s nature awareness and behaviour. This pioneering mixed methods study investigates…
Reframing Luchino Visconti
Film and Art
Ivo Blom | 2018
Reframing Luchino Visconti: Film and Art gives new and unique insights into the roots of the visual vocabulary of one of Italy’s most reputed film authors. It meticulously researches Visconti’s appropriation of European art in…
Exorcism, illness and demons in an ancient Near Eastern context
The Egyptian magical Papyrus Leiden I 343 + 345
Susanne Beck | 2018
Papyrus Leiden I 343 + 345 is one of the most extraordinary manuscripts providing a deeper insight into magic and medicine in Ancient Egypt. The main part of the papyrus deals with the ancient Near…
Beauty en Fashion
De laatste trends uit het Oude Rome
Dorothee Olthof & Martine Teunissen | 2018
‘Mooi zijn is kunst met een geheim’, zo schreef de Romeinse dichter Ovidius tweeduizend jaar geleden. Romeinse vrouwen wilden graag net zo mooi zijn als Venus, de godin van de liefde. Romeinse mannen moesten, volgens…
Chariots in Ancient Egypt
The Tano Chariot, A Case Study
Edited by André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram, with contributions by Ole Herslund, Lisa Sabbahy & Lucy Skinner | 2018
Chariots, the racing cars of the ancient world, first appeared in Egypt about 1600 BC, and quickly became not only the preferred mode of transport for royalty and the elite, but also revolutionised military tactics…
Fighting Fibres
Kiribati Armour and Museum Collections
Edited by Julie Adams, Polly Bence and Alison Clark | 2018
This book brings together artists, curators, researchers and conservators to consider the significance of coconut fibre armour from the islands of Kiribati. Taking as its focus the armour found in museum collections, it investigates the…
Debating Religious Space and Place in the Early Medieval World (c. AD 300-1000)
Edited by Chantal Bielmann and Brittany Thomas | 2018
Religious spaces are often some of the most debated, contested, or otherwise scrutinized in the early medieval world. That space and place were important to people in the past is evident in their architecture, artwork,…
Exploring human nature
A reflexive mixed methods enquiry into Solo time in the wilderness
Jana Lemke | 2018
Exploring human nature takes the reader deep into the human experience of being in nature. Our current ecological predicament highlights the need to change people’s nature awareness and behaviour. This pioneering mixed methods study investigates…
Reframing Luchino Visconti
Film and Art
Ivo Blom | 2018
Reframing Luchino Visconti: Film and Art gives new and unique insights into the roots of the visual vocabulary of one of Italy’s most reputed film authors. It meticulously researches Visconti’s appropriation of European art in…
Exorcism, illness and demons in an ancient Near Eastern context
The Egyptian magical Papyrus Leiden I 343 + 345
Susanne Beck | 2018
Papyrus Leiden I 343 + 345 is one of the most extraordinary manuscripts providing a deeper insight into magic and medicine in Ancient Egypt. The main part of the papyrus deals with the ancient Near…
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