For everyone who may be interested in European paintings, books, films and archives: you may find it here. It is major project based in the Royal Library in The Hague.
From the announcement on the site I quote:
direct access to some 2 million digital objects, including film material, photos, paintings, sounds, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers and [...]
Whatever you may think, I don’t hate economists. Read this like “I did not have sex with that woman”.
No, actually even some of my best friends are economists. Though I candidly confess that sometimes I have a hard time to keep on loving them. But hey, tensions do inevitably occur in every sound relationship. And [...]
The njai is one of the heroines in a pretty famous novel. She, njai Ontosoroh, concubine of a Dutchman, and their daughter Annelies, represent a complex and dangerous world to Minke, the leading character in Pramoedia Ananta Toer’s novel “Bumi Manusis”. Ontosoroh proves to be an extraordinary strong and independent woman. Yet as an Indonesian [...]
A very simple way to reach the state of happiness. Just sit in silence and smile, even your liver should be able to smile. Then you will reach the ectasy of happiness. At least this is what Ketut Liyer, the spiritual guide of Elizabeth Gilbert taught her to in her spiritual journey to pursue happiness [...]
Clips have become a sophisticated industry and some are even shining examples of art. But clips and books are still a quite unusual combination. Till today I wasn’t aware of this rather fresh and promising development: to use clips to promote books. In a way that’s similar to the one it’s used for pop music. [...]