Deze atlas laat op tal van fraaie kaarten zien hoe de Homo sapiens zich over de aarde verspreidde.
Vergeten ijzer
€ 24,90Jan Willem van Vliet fotografeerde vervallen fabrieken en machines die ooit de sociaaleconomische ruggengraat van Groningen vormden. De foto’s herinneren aan de oude glorietijd van de scheepvaart- en steenbakindustrie, de strokartonfabrieken en kalkovens. Een aantal panden, zoals de Glasfabriek in Groningen en de Philips beeldbuizenfabriek in Stadskanaal, is inmiddels voorgoed verloren. Maar dankzij de iconische foto’s van Van Vliet toch niet helemaal.
Alle foto’s zijn verrijkt met verhalen en portretten van ooggetuigen: Frank von Hebel sprak met de arbeiders die de stenen stapelden, klinknagels in scheepswanden drilden en vertrouwd waren met de fluit die aankondigde dat het schafttijd was.
Vergeten IJzer is een eerbetoon aan het oud industrieel erfgoed van Groningen en een pleidooi voor het hergebruik ervan.
Jan Willem van Vliet (1959) is sinds 1981 werkzaam als zelfstandig fotograaf in Noord-Nederland. Zijn hart ligt bij de (regionale) journalistiek.
Frank von Hebel (1974) werkt als journalist voor het Dagblad van het Noorden. Daarnaast is hij auteur van een breed scala aan boeken, zowel fictie als non-fictie.
Cache-sexe
€ 34,90This book asks why humans through history have covered their genitals and worn a cache-sexe. Does the cache-sexe merely provide protection, or is it an instrument to draw attention? Can the cache-sexe be used to stimulate certain thoughts? Why does not wearing a cache-sexe provoke shame one society but not in another? Are nudity and nakedness the same?
On his quest to answer these questions, the author takes the reader on a review of the anatomy of the female and male genitals and reflects on how this part of the human body has been perceived over time and in various cultures. The different types of male and female cache-sex are discussed with reference to comprehensive illustrations based on unique and sometimes previously unpublished examples of cache-sexes and photographic documentation. The book also pays attention to the covering of the ‘backside’. Following this 360° exploration of the use of the cache-sexe, the place of the cache-sexe in art and fashion is uncovered.
Philip Van Kerrebroeck is an urologist and professor emeritus of Urology at the University of Maastricht. Born in Leuven (Belgium), he trained in Surgery and Urology in Brussels, Utrecht, Nijmegen and San Francisco. Over the years, he has also developed an interest in the history of urology and cultural anthropology. He is currently chairman of the History Office of the European Association of Urology (EAU).
Victor Horta and the Frison House in Brussels
€ 19,90In the middle of the Lebeaustraat in Brussels, sandwiched between neo-Renaissance and neo-Gothic houses, stands an Art Nouveau jewel designed by Victor Horta: the Frison House. It was
commissioned by Maurice Frison, a lawyer and friend of the architect, and was built in 1894-1895. Horta designed not only the house, but also all its furniture and decoration, right down to the smallest detail: from door handles to marble fireplaces, from mosaic floors to elegant banisters, from wall lamps to the gratings for the cellar openings. The absolute eyecatcher is the winter garden, whose elegant design allows soft yellow light to flow subtly into its perfectly proportioned space.Nupur Tron is the author of this book and owner of the house. In recent years, she has breathed new life back into Horta’s masterpiece. She pieced together bits of the old chandeliers she found in one of the cellars. She had items of furniture designed by Horta lovingly restored. With great passion, she continues to search for the funds that will allow her to restore the entire house to its former glory, one step at a time.
Horta and the Frison House in Brussels is an ode to the architect and his creation.
Nupur Tron is from India. She studied Design, Marketing & Merchandising and Fine Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She designs jewellery, in which the different styles of east and west meet in harmony.
