Bosch/Bruegel

Bosch/Bruegel
Author: Hieronymus Bosch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1971
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780151136001

Belgian Museums of the Great War

Belgian Museums of the Great War
Author: Karen Shelby
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2017-09-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317377524

Belgian Museums of the Great War: Politics, Memory, and Commerce examines the handling of the centennial of World War I by several museums along the Western Front in Flanders, Belgium. In the twenty-first century, the museum has become a strategic space for negotiating ownership of and access to knowledge produced in local settings. The specific focus on museums and commemorative events in Flanders allows for an in-depth evaluation of how each museum works with the remembrance and tourist industry in the region while carving a unique niche. Belgian Museums of the Great War writes the history of these institutions, analyzes the changes made in advance of the anniversary years, and considers the site-specificity of each institution and its architectural frame. Since museums not only transmit information but also shape knowledge, as Eileen Hooper-Greenhill has noted, the diverse narratives and community programs sponsored by each museum have served to challenge prior historiographies of the war. Through newly revamped interactive environments, self-guided learning, and an emphasis on the landscape, the museums in Flanders have a significant role to play in the ever-changing dialogue on the meaning of the history and remembrance of the Great War.

Magritte and Dali

Magritte and Dali
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2018
Genre: Surrealism
ISBN: 9789493039001

"This essay [Margritte and Dali by Dr. William Jeffett] and its related exhibtion consider some points of contact and parallellism between Margritte and Dali, as well as the divergences in their work. Both deploy some common images, but,at the same time, they often work with them in different ways. The exhibition proposes several categories as a way of exploring these relationships and divergences. Further, it considers the years of greatest proximity bewteen the two: when they spent most time together and when they were frequently exhibiting together primarily in exhibitions organized by the Surrealists."--from Magritte and Dali by Dr. Jeffett

The Flemish Primitives

The Flemish Primitives
Author: Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9782503512297

The third volume includes a final group of preeminent, identified artists from the period of transition at the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century. Artistic production at this time was still rooted in late medieval thought, yet more and more seized with new renaissance developments, and at a permanent state of ferment with constantly changing needs of society. The catalogue deals with correspondingly complex issues of interpretation through the works of Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Bouts, Gerard David, Colijn de Coter and Goossen van der Weyden. It comprises a technical, stylistic and iconographical investigation of seventeen paintings on the basis of a scientific research method, which has been fully established over the years. The authors have been able to adjust various attributions and interpretations. At the same time most valuable discoveries have been made with regard to the provenance of some work belonging to the Albrecht Bouts and Colijn de Coter Groups.

Hieronymus Cock

Hieronymus Cock
Author: Joris van Grieken
Publisher:
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2013
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300191844

Hieronymus Cock (1518-1570) was an Antwerp painter and printmaker. Together with his wife, he was one of the first to establish a publishing house for prints. From 1548 their firm “At the Sign of the Four Winds” issued hundreds of important etchings and engravings. Prints after frescoes and paintings by Italian artists Raphael and Bronzino, the first series of classical ruins, antique sculpture, as well as designs by such Northern artists as Maarten van Heemskerck and Frans Floris were distributed all over Europe and helped to spread Renaissance ideals of beauty. It was Cock who spotted the talent of Pieter Bruegel, an artist who would eventually supply Cock with more than sixty designs for prints.

In the Ypres Salient; the Story of a Fortnight's Canadian Fighting, June 2-16, 1916

In the Ypres Salient; the Story of a Fortnight's Canadian Fighting, June 2-16, 1916
Author: Beckles Willson
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781018147505

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Bruegel's Winter Scenes

Bruegel's Winter Scenes
Author: Tine Meganck
Publisher: Agrarian Studies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Painting, Flemish
ISBN: 9780300236927

This focused volume presents a deep exploration and new interpretations of the winter paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569). By applying new methodological approaches and interdisciplinary research to these masterpieces of Flemish Renaissance art, including Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap (1565) and The Census at Bethlehem (1566), both at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the book offers an enhanced understanding of the painter's relationship to his time and the extent to which his winter landscapes were meant to reflect real-life situations. After tracing how these paintings have been understood over time, the essays propose new insights into such issues as whether Bruegel depicts the plight of the local populace during winter and whether The Census at Bethlehem challenges or reaffirms central power structures. Abundantly illustrated, Bruegel's Winter Scenes is both a thorough examination and a celebration of these widely admired images. Distributed for Mercatorfonds.

Franquin's Last Laugh

Franquin's Last Laugh
Author: Andre Franquin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-05-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781606996218

Renowned Franco-Belgian gag cartoonist Andre Franquin suffered fromdepression. With his late-career "Idees Noires" series of gags from the late1970s and early 1980s, created mostly for the independent/underground comicsmagazine Fluide Glacial, Franquin harnessed his still-virtuoso graphic style tohis increasingly morbid worldview. Fantagraphics is proud to present thecomplete "Idees Noires" collection under the title Franquin's LastLaugh.

King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost
Author: Adam Hochschild
Publisher: Picador
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1760785202

With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.