Mit dem Erwerb des gesamten altdeutschen Gemäldebestandes der ehemals Fürstlich Fürstenbergischen Sammlungen Donaueschingen, einer der bedeutendsten und erlesensten privaten Sammlungen spätmittelalterlicher Kunst, hat die Sammlung Würth einen neuen Schwerpunkt erhalten. Neben bekannten Meistern der oberrheinischen Malerei des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, darunter Hans Holbein d. Ä., dem Meister von Meßkirch, Lucas Cranach d. Ä und d. J., Bernhard Striegel oder Hans Schäufelin gehören auch weniger bekannte Künstler, die in ihrer Kunstfertigkeit und Bedeutung den prominenten Künstlern jedoch keinesfalls nachstehen, dem Gemäldekonvolut an. Es ist die Epoche des religiösen und kulturellen Umbruchs, in der neben frommen Beweggründen die Konkurrenz zwischen verschiedenen Familien und Gruppen der Städte zu einer Vielzahl von Kunstaufträgen führten. Das historische Umfeld im Hinblick auf die Folgen zu beleuchten, die sich an der Umgestaltung überlieferter Themen ablesen lassen ist ebenso Teil der vorliegenden Publikation, wie die bislang umfassendste ikonographische Sichtung der Malerei, die es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, die Inhalte der Darstellungen und deren Bedeutung nachvollziehbar werden zu lassen. Für dieses Unterfangen konnten mit Dietmar Lüdke und Kurt Löcher zwei der besten Kenner spätmittelalterlicher deutscher Malerei und Malerei der frühen Neuzeit gewonnen werden. Zusätzliche Beiträge von Christoph Graf Douglas zur Genese der Sammlung sowie von Beate Elsen-Schwedler zum kulturhistorischen Hintergrund dieses beutenden Abschnitts europäischer Geschichte runden den Band ab.

Since the 1950s, German artist Arnulf Rainer (born 1929) has made painterly elaborations on the form and symbolism of the cross. This splendid catalogue brings together the entire ensemble of works for the first time--61 etchings, executed between 1956 to 2009, reproduced in full color.

The revised and expanded BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents 256 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public—large and small, famous and still undiscovered. Succinct portraits of the collections with countless color illustrations take the reader to more than forty countries, often to regions or urban districts that are off the beaten path. This practical guide is a collaborative publication stemming from the partnership between BMW and Independent Collectors, the international online network for collectors of contemporary art. Collectors, gallerists, artists, and journalists assisted in the extensive research and revision of this unique standard work. To date, neither the internet nor any book has ever contained a comparable assembly of international private collections, including several that have opened their doors to art lovers and connoisseurs for the first time. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-4144-6) Collections featured (selection): Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), White Rabbit – Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, Lyon Housemuseum, Museum Liaunig, Maison Particulière, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Herbert Foundation, Verbeke Foundation, Inhotim – Instituto de Arte Contemporânea & Jardim Botânico, Rennie Collection at Wing Sang, M Woods, Collection Lambert, Peyrassol – Parc de Sculptures, La Maison Rouge, Rosenblum Collection, Museum Frieder Burda, Sammlung Boros, Sammlung Barbara und Axel Haubrok - Haubrokprojects, Sammlung Hoffmann, Museum Biedermann, Julia Stoschek Collection, Sammlung Goetz, The Walther Collection, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sammlung Schroth, Sammlung Grässlin – Kunstraum Grässlin & Räume für Kunst, Das Maximum - KunstGegenwart, Jupiter Artland, Saatchi Gallery, Zabludowicz Collection, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Devi Art Foundation, Il Giardino dei Lauri, Collezione Gori – Fattoria di Celle, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, La Colección Júmex, Art Stations Foundation, The Hess Art Collection, Fundació Suñol, Centro de Artes Visuales Fundación - Helga de Alvear, Fondation Beyeler, Nesrin Esirtgen Collection, Pizzuti Collection, Girls' Club, The Menil Collection, de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Rubell Family, Collection and Contemporary Arts Foundation

With more than 1,100 entries written by an international group of over 150 contributors, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture brings together myriad strands of social, political and cultural life in the post-1945 German-speaking world. With a unique structure and format, an inclusive treatment of the concept of culture, and coverage of East, West and post-unification Germany, as well as Austria and Switzerland, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture is the first reference work of its kind. Containing longer overviews of up to 2,000 words, as well as shorter factual entries, cross-referencing to other relevant articles, useful further reading suggestions and extensive indexing, this highly useable volume provides the scholar, teacher, student or non-specialist with an astonishing breadth and depth of information.

This beautifully produced volume is the first to survey the Metropolitan Museum's world-renowned collection of European furniture. One hundred and three superb examples from the Museum's vast holdings are featured. They originated in workshops in England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Russia, or Spain and date from the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. A number of them belonged to such important historical figures as Pope Urban VIII, Louis XIV, Madame de Pompadour, and Napoleon. The selection includes chairs, tables, beds, cabinets, commodes, settees and sofas, bookcases and standing shelves, desks, fire screens, athéniennes, coffers, chests, mirrors and frames, showcases, and lighting equipment. There is also one purely decorative piece, a superb vase made for a Russian noble family who, according to one awestruck viewer, "owned all the malachite mines in the world." The makers of some of the objects are unknown, but most of the pieces can be identified by label, documentation, or style as the work of an outstanding European designer-craftsman, such as André-Charles Boulle, Thomas Chippendale, David Roentgen, or Karl Friedrich Schinkel.