In 2014, Cologne celebrates the 850th anniversary of the arrival of the Magi, a momentous event that made the cathedral city one of the most popular pilgrimage sites of the Middle Ages. Today, the influence of the Magi on the city remains evident in the crowns that grace its municipal coat of arms and the Shrine of the Magi at the heart of the magnificent Cologne Cathedral.
"The Magi: Legend, Art and Cult" is published to accompany a major commemorative exhibition at the Museum Schnutgen that traces the legend of the Magi through works of art from the fourth to the sixteenth century,...

Working for the most part in bronze, sculptor Stella Hamberg uses that classical material to create a broad range of forms--mainly human figures, but also animals, all suffused with an elemental intensity that signals individuality and vitality, but also the inevitability of failure and death. That transformation, and the presence it suggests of eternity in every moment, is essential to the figures she creates, imbuing them with unforgettable force. This book presents an overview of her work, showing her to be one of the leading figures in contemporary sculpture.