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From 1650 to 1900 Paris was the undisputed center of fashion and taste in Europe. Home to a unique concentration of artists, designers, patrons, critics, and a keen buying public, Paris was the city where trends were made and where novel types of objects, devised for new ways of life, were invented. This book traces the wonderful story of Parisian decorative arts from the reign of Louis XIV to the triumph of art nouveau, through a selection of 150...
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Few countries can boast as rich and varied an architecture history as the Netherlands. Drawing from the collection of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, which spans almost two centuries of architecture history, this book presents a portrait of the Netherlands. The book brings together the designs, buildings and ideas that have defined the image of Dutch architecture. Architecture historians from the NAI guide you through over 250 outstanding...
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A visual narrative of the artist's life and work, told primarily through reproductions of his art and supplementary documentary images presented in chronological order. Contains five short critical and biographical texts. Includes a section reproducing Mondrian's known works in small black-and-white illustrations with brief captions.
"Piet Mondrian's rigorously geometric paintings in primary colors are icons of the 20th century that had a powerful...
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"Where there are vacancies, there is room for new uses, such as housing and leisure and health-care facilities. This often results in surprising combinations, such as a school or a community centre in a factory complex, a shop in a church or a recreation area in a military zone. Reuse, Redevelop and Design presents 20 inspiring redevelopment projects. The book addresses the story behind the success of redevelopment in essays on heritage policy, public-private...
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The story of Anne Frank's life is told through quotations from her diary, photographs from the Frank Family albums and historical film extracts. It includes the only film footage of Anne. The film is designed for an audience of both young people and adults and tells the story of the Second World War and the persecution of the Jews as well as the story of Anne Frank, her diary, her family, and the secret annex.
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"Enterprising liberal Jew Simon Cohen is the lawless lord of an Amsterdam neighborhood, running a 'coffee' shop' (legal soft drugs sale). As soon as they bump into each-other, Simon fascinates gay, up to then conventionalist Jewish dentistry student Camiel Vrolijk and draws him into his libertine world, even all the way to Thailand for B-movie making. Having seduced Simon's whorish girl, embarrassed Simon leaves quietly. Ten years later, the dentist,...
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"Juliana (Dutch pronunciation: [jylija?na], Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, Duchess of Mecklenburg; 30 April 1909? 20 March 2004) was the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980. She was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry. She was married to German aristocrat Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, with whom she had four children: Princess Beatrix (born 1938), Princess Irene (born 1939), Princess...
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Tourists know Amsterdam as a picturesque city of low-slung brick houses lining tidy canals; student travelers know it for its legal brothels and hash bars; art lovers know it for Rembrandt's glorious portraits. But the deeper history of Amsterdam, what makes it one of the most fascinating places on earth, is bound up in its unique geography--the constant battle of its citizens to keep the sea at bay--and the democratic philosophy that this enduring...
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The Dutch port of Rotterdam is the largest and most productive in the world. More complex than its rival, Singapore, Rotterdam is both a port and a massive distribution center, with ten times the number of cargo terminals. Here, efficiency is key to success, and speed equals money. But with a fast-paced environment hauling heavy cargo from great heights, danger is part of the job. At the wharf, a 200-foot high crane, with a reach longer than a city...
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With Rembrandts and stately architecture from its Golden Age, hidden churches and holocaust memorials from its troubled times, and Van Goghs and titillating street life from its modern age, Amsterdam stimulates all the senses. Explore this complex city with the host, writer and producer of the popular public television series, Rick Steves Europe. Then, Rick takes us side-tripping from Europe's capital of tolerance into the countryside (and below sea-level),...
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This definitive edition, featuring a new translation, is the diary as Anne Frank wrote it, containing entries about her burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that were cut from previous editions. Frank's diary is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century.
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A portfolio and critique of paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
"Within the impressive walls of the Rijksmuseum shines the glorious radiance of the Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish painting. In these pages the reader will discover the freshness and fascination of the greatest masterworks of the period revealed in all their beauty - and shown, as in the museum itself, in chronological order and in relation to lesser-known works."--Inside book...
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