The Art of Cruising: Fine Art and Antiques of Holland America Line
Price: $45.00

This beautiful 176-page full-color hardcover book brings a new perspective to the art collection aboard the ships of Holland America Line. For more than a year, photographer Michel Verdure and authors Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman have literally traveled the world to gather material for this book.

The Art of Cruising highlights unique pieces such as Andy Warhol’s famed Queen Beatrix series; an original Man Ray sculpture, murals by international artists Gerti Bierenbroodsport, Ian Cairnie, Barbara Broekman and Wout Muller; Captain Stephen J. Card’s acclaimed marine oil paintings; Susanna Holt’s life-size bronze sculptures of wildlife; contemporary Norwegian artist Nicolaus Widerberg’s abstract marble sculpture of a Viking ship; and a saxophone signed by former President Bill Clinton. The outstanding Holland America Line antique collection portrayed in the book includes artifacts spanning thousands of years. A world of art and cruising can be found in these pages.