Jozef Israëls : Son of the Ancient People
Jozef Israëls : Son of the Ancient People

Author: Jozef Israëls

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13:

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Jozef Israels (1824-1911), famous for his portrayals of life in Holland's fishing villages and of scenes from Jewish and peasant life, was the eminence grise of the Hague School. Contemporaries saw him as a latterday Rembrandt, whose art gave his subjects a voice. This representative and extensive survey of his life and work marks the 175th anniversary of Israels's birth. Over one hundred paintings, watercolors, drawings, and etchings are illustrated in color and discussed. Many of these works, drawn from public and private collections in Holland and abroad, have not been exhibited for years. The introductory essays focus on Israels's career and artistic development, his affinity with Rembrandt, and his Jewish background.

Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe
Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe

Author: Sander Govaerts

Publisher:

Published: 2021-04-30

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781641893985

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Using the ecosystem concept as his starting point, the author examines the complex relationship between premodern armed forces and their environment at three levels: landscapes, living beings, and diseases. The study focuses on Europe's Meuse Region, well-known among historians of war as a battleground between France and Germany. By analyzing soldiers' long-term interactions with nature, this book engages with current debates about the ecological impact of the military, and provides new impetus for contemporary armed forces to make greater effort to reduce their environmental footprint.

Luxury in the Low Countries
Luxury in the Low Countries

Author: Rengenier C. Rittersma

Publisher: ASP / VUBPRESS / UPA

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9054877979

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Painting a panoramic view of conspicuous consumption in the Netherlands and Flanders from 1500 to the present, this collection of essays explores the economic forces that produce a boom in luxury goods. Working from disciplines such as archaeology, art history, historical ethnology, linguistics, and media studies, these scholarly contributors explore both the wealth and the social display that fuels the search for rare commodities.

Maritime Risk Management
Maritime Risk Management

Author: Phillip Hellwege

Publisher: Duncker & Humblot

Published: 2021-04-21

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 3428582608

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Insurance is a legal, an actuarial and a financial product, and it is one out of many risk management strategies. It follows that its history can only be studied in the broader context of the development of such strategies, applying an interdisciplinary approach. The theme of the present volume is maritime risk management. After an overview over the history of insurance, the contributions to the present volume examine different maritime risk management strategies by adopting a variety of methodological approaches. Some contributions focus on normative provisions, others contrast practice with legal scholarship, or focus on the emergence of insurance companies as opposed to individual insurers. Again, other contributions give insights in marine insurance practice in specific cities or analyse insurance practice through the lens of specific insurance litigation. As to the time frame, the different contributions span from antiquity to the nineteenth century.