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Modern Architecture of Curacao
The DoCoMoMo Movement, 1930-1960
Modernism is an important architectural style in which technological innovations are used for social purposes. The Curaçao chapter of the nonprofit organization DoCoMoMo (Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement), dedicated to documenting and conserving...
ISBN: 9789460229800
more detailsArt Fallen from Heaven
Modern Balinese Sculpture
Art Fallen from Heaven offers a new perspective on the origin of modern Balinese sculpture in the 1930s and an overview of its evolution from 1932 to 1973. Thoroughly illustrated with photos of traditional and...
ISBN: 9789460220517
more detailsCommon Ground
Dutch-South African Architectural Exchanges, 1902–1961
The richness and diversity of Dutch contributions to the built environment of South Africa remain little-known in the study of twentieth-century architectural history. Between 1902 and 1961 more than seventy Dutch-born émigré architects were active...
ISBN: 9789460225338
more detailsRe-visualizing Slavery
Visual Sources about Slavery in Asia
In Re-visualizing Slavery, historians, heritage specialists, and cultural scientists shed new light on the history of slavery in Asia by centering visual sources—specifically, Dutch paintings, watercolors and drawings from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. The...
ISBN: 9789460220111
more detailsLandmarks from a Bygone Era
Life and Work of Ed. Cuypers and Hulswit-Fermont, 1897-1927
Eduard Cuypers (1859–1927) was one of the most celebrated architects in the Netherlands in the 1890s. Known for much of the development of the time throughout Indonesia, yet working from Amsterdam, Cuypers and his firm...
ISBN: 9789460220128
more detailsArchitecture from the Indonesian Past
Life and Work of Fermont-Cuypers, 1927-1957
In Architecture from the Indonesian Past, Obbe H. Norbruis tells the story of a celebrated Dutch architecture firm, its unique buildings, and their designers. Fermont-Cuypers designed many buildings significant in Indonesia’s history beginning in 1927...
ISBN: 9789460220159
more detailsPlantation Houses of Curaçao
Jewels of the Past
Curaçao’s historic plantation houses showcase unique architecture that resulted from the use of European, especially Dutch, building styles adapted to local tropical construction methods and available building materials. With the arrival of the oil industry...
ISBN: 9789460225253
more detailsNg’ambo Atlas
Zanzibar
Ng’ambo is the lesser known "other side" of Zanzibar Town. During the British Protectorate the area was designated as the Native Quarters; today it is set to become the new city center of Zanzibar’s capital....
ISBN: 9789460225178
more detailsThree Caribbean Artists
Jose Maria Capricorne, Nelson Carrilho, Philippe Zanolino
Caribbean art is strong, passionate and filled with contradictions, as are the lives of the three men profiled inThree Caribbean Artists. A rare glimpse is offered into the lives of three different artists, their upbringing,...
ISBN: 9789460224911
more detailsThe Art of Collecting
East Indies Paintings
Painters were fascinated by the tropical landscapes, picturesque villages and markets, and especially the diverse inhabitants of the Dutch East Indies. In the first half of the 20th century a large group of European artists...
ISBN: 9789460225123
more detailsThe Kwee Family of Ciledug
Family, Status, and Modernity in Colonial Java
This book is based upon a unique private collection of photographs and home movies of one Peranakan Chinese elite family, the Kwee family from Ciledug, owners of the sugar factory Djatipiring. It aims to bring...
ISBN: 9789460224928
more detailsIndonesian Splendour / Indische pracht
Four Centuries of Fascination for the Flora of Indonesia / Vier eeuwen fascinatie voor de flora van Indonesie
Bilingual English / Dutch Indonesia’s flora—with more than 45,000 plant varieties—is one of the most abundant in the world. Photographer Dennis A-Tjak has been making a name for himself as the portraitist of old flower...
ISBN: 9789460224935
more detailsLotty's Bench
The Persecution of the Jews of Amsterdam Remembered
August 26, 1945: Lotty Veffer arrived in Amsterdam. She was the only member of her family to have survived the war. Her parents and younger sister Carla had been gassed in Sobibor. There was no...
ISBN: 9789460224997
more detailsFlowers from Universe
Textiles of Java
Java's original textile art is the perfect medium for telling stories of ancient Javanese culture. Flowers from Universe: Textiles of Java is based, first and foremost, on the memories and associations of Alit Djajasoebrata. Ajajasoebrata...
ISBN: 9789460224478
more detailsNatural History and Ecology of Suriname
Natural History and Ecology of Suriname offers a unique overview of the remarkable nature of this diverse and beautiful country. The book showcases more than 200 fascinating tropical plant and animal species, making it an...
ISBN: 9789460224386
more detailsKas di Shon
Plantation Houses on Curacao: Past and Present
Driving through Curacao’s landscapes, the old plantation houses are visible from afar. The houses speak to us of a past long gone. A past in which plantations, homegrown food, cattle breeding, salt production, and slavery...
ISBN: 9789460224669
more detailsFendry Ekel
Entries
Fendry Ekel: Entries is a comprehensive monograph, with contributions by several international art historians, looking at the painter’s recent work on canvas from 2011 to 2015. The first chapter, "Chess Problems: On the Paintings of...
ISBN: 9789460224485
more detailsIndonesian Textiles at the Tropenmuseum
The Tropenmuseum Amsterdam houses about 12,000 textile objects that were collected over a period of 160 years. The majority of the objects were amassed during the time that Indonesia was a Dutch colony, the former...
ISBN: 9789460223907
more detailsDutch New York Histories
Connecting African, Native American and Slavery Heritage
Did you know that the famous African American abolitionist Sojourner Truth was enslaved and spoke Dutch until the age of ten? Or that the Dutch brought enslaved Africans to North America in the merchant ships...
ISBN: 9789460224508
more detailsLianas of the Guianas
Guide to the Woody Climbers in the Tropical Forests of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
Lianas (woody vines) are iconic symbols of tropical forests around the world. These plants use the energetically expensive investment of trees in woody stems to gain relatively inexpensive access to the light-rich canopy. Lianas contribute...
ISBN: 9789460222245
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