This privately commissioned book celebrates the life and achievements of Laurence Graff whose passion for diamonds has been inspiring him to create the most fabulous jewels in the world for 30 years.
Axel Vervoordt began his career as an art and antiques dealer in the late 1960s, when he meticulously renovated a narrow street with sixteen of the oldest houses in Antwerp. In 1986, his company moved to a castle near Antwerp. Axel Vervoordt's company grew rapidly in this castle and he became a major collector and decorator. The foundation of Vervoordt's style is his commitment to making the past a relevant part of today's design. By juxtaposing different works of art, gathered throughout space and time, a spontaneous dialogue between them is revealed, creating a new dimension for the future. Axel Vervoordt transcends the roles of decorator and collector. He understands the power of objects to conjure up an entirely new atmosphere and knows exactly where to place them to transform the space. This gorgeous book will be an inspiration to anyone interested in a home that is elegant and personal without being ostentatious or superfluous.
Salvador Dali has been called the first post-Freudian painter, his eccentricities, extraordinary pronouncements and dandyism fueled newspaper columns for 60 years. Yet paradoxically, he was also an unknown quantity - as he put it - a secret within a secret.
Vanities celebrates an extraordinary private collection of gold, silver and jewelled boxes made to contain cosmetics, lipsticks, mirrors, combs and change. The examples displayed here in all their miniature glory range from an exquisite early-Ching-period box to dazzling contemporary designs; but all are little miracles of the art and craft of the metal worker and the jeweller.
Salvador Dali, "Meister der Selbstinszenierung", war er Genie oder Scharlatan? Diese Biographie zeichnet die einzelnen Kapitel seines Lebens nach, die Studienjahre an der Madrider Kunstakademie, die Zeit in Paris und dann die schicksalhafte Begegnung mit Gala, der Frau, die sein weiteres Leben maßgeblich beeinflußte.
