{"title":"Sabine Taevernier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSabine Taevernier\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into art history, with a particular focus on Belgian artists and their cultural contexts. Her works provide a rich examination of key movements and figures, making complex artistic developments accessible and engaging for readers interested in the evolution of visual arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough detailed studies such as those on James Ensor and still life painting in Belgium, Taevernier’s books combine scholarly rigour with a passion for cultural heritage. Readers can expect thoughtful analyses that illuminate the intersections of art, history, and society in the making of Belgium’s artistic landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"james-ensor-and-stillife-in-belgium-1830-1930-by-sabine-taevernier-9780300273199","title":"James Ensor and Stillife in Belgium: 1830-1930","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA unique journey with James Ensor through the history of still life in Belgium in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStill life played an important role within the work of Belgian expressionist and symbolist painter James Ensor (1860–1949). The quality and significance of his intriguingly complex still lifes become clear when placed within the broader development of the genre in Belgium between 1830 and 1930.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJames Ensor and Stillife in Belgium: 1830-1930\u003c\/em\u003e offers an overview of the nineteenth-century Belgian academic tradition of decorative painting, with intriguing work by lesser-known painters such as Jean Robie, Hubert Bellis, Frans Mortelmans, and Henri De Braekeleer, as well as forgotten female artists such as Berthe Art and Alice Ronner. In the early twentieth century, artists such as Louis Thevenet continued to develop the genre of still life in a traditional manner, while innovators such as the late James Ensor, Léon Spilliaert, Marthe Donas, Walter Vaes, and Gustave Van de Woestyne created highly personal interpretations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is published on the first exhibition ever entirely devoted to James Ensor's still lifes at Mu.ZEE (Ostend).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDistributed for Mercatorfonds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e(December 16, 2023–April 14, 2024)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431049412844,"sku":"9780300273199","price":107.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300273199.jpg?v=1774557999"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/sabine-taevernier.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}