This beautifully illustrated book presents for the first time the rich Islamic collections of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. Highlighting over 100 artworks and everyday objects, the author demonstrates how Muslims, from the beginning of Islam to the present day, have expressed their faith in art and culture.
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The Tropenmuseum Amsterdam houses about 20,000 textile objects that were collected over a period of 160 years. This study presents the collection and the stories of the makers and users of the fabrics as well as those of the collectors who brought them to the Netherlands
Africa at the Tropenmuseum is not meant to be a general book on art from Africa, but rather a treatise on the formation and development of a specific Africa collection, which started at the beginning of the twentieth century with the fusion of the collections of the Colonial Museum in Haarlem, and the ethnographic collection of Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo.
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In The Netherlands East Indies at the Tropenmuseum specific sections of the well-known ethnographic collections from Indonesia are interpreted as colonial collections.
Oceania at the Tropenmuseum is not in the first place a book on art form Oceania, but rather a treatise on the coming into existence and growth of a well-known Oceanic collection, which started at the beginning of the 20th century with the bringing together of the collection of the Colonial Museum in the Dutch provincial town of Haarlem
De bevlogen Friedrich Wilhelm Stammeshaus (1881-1957) bracht een van de grootste etnografische collecties van Noord-Sumatra tot stand. Eerder dit jaar verscheen van de hand van John Klein Nagelvoort het boek Toean Stammeshaus. Vanaf 17 oktober is er in Museum Bronbeek een grote tentoonstelling gewijd aan zijn leven en werk (met name zijn verzamelen).
Deze historische biografie beschrijft het wonderbaarlijke leven van F.W. Stammeshaus, een Indische Nederlander met Chinees en Duits bloed, geboren te Sigli in Atjeh in voormalig Nederlands-Indië.
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Stuart Robles de Medina (1930-2006) behoorde tot de kleine groep wegbereiders die het gezapige Surinaamse kunstklimaat van de jaren vijftig en zestig in beweging brachten met experimenten op het gebied van expressionisme en abstractie.
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Photographs of the Netherlands East Indies at the Tropenmuseum offers a comprehensive introduction to one of the most important collections of colonial photography in the world.
On Bhojpuri migration since the 1870’s and the comtemporary culture in Utar Pradesh and BIhar, Suriname and the Netherlands