Using a totally original approach, this pioneering book adds depth to the work of around thirty international artists who participated in the sculpture exhibition Sonsbeek 2008: Grandeur. Their work is shown in a broad cultural and artistic context using over 500 illustrations. The book is, in short, a running pictorial narrative about the drive, the dream and the strife inextricably bound to the struggle for human grandeur. Texts by Anne Tilroe, artistic director of Sonsbeek 2008, Bas Heijne and Wouter Hillaert place this theme at the heart of our time.