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Joseph-Aurélien Cornet
Joseph-Aurélien Cornet (born 20 May 1919 in Bièvre, Belgium, Bièvre, died 20 January 2004 in Ciney, Belgium) was a Belgian-born Christian Brother, Ethnology, ethnologist and History of art, art historian who documented the art and culture of the Congolese region and people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo in photographs, illustrated field notebooks, and language primers for nearly 30 years. Education and career Cornet was educated by the De La Salle Brothers, Christian Brothers of Leuven, Louvain. He entered the novitiate in 1935, earned a teaching degree in 1938, followed by bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in art history from the Université catholique de Louvain, Catholic University of Louvain in 1945 and 1970, respectively. In 1970, Cornet also became the first local director of the Institute of National Museums of Congo, Institut des Musées Nationaux du Congo (IMNC) and then, in 1971, director of the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaïre (IMNZ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institute Of The Brothers Of The Christian Schools
The De La Salle Brothers, officially named the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (; ; ) abbreviated FSC, is a Catholic Church, Catholic Laity, lay religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in Kingdom of France, France by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719), now based in Rome, Italy. The De La Salle Brothers are also known as the Christian Brothers (sometimes by Lasallian organisations themselves), French Christian Brothers, or Lasallian Brothers. The Lasallian Christian Brothers are distinct from the Congregation of Christian Brothers, often also referred to as simply the Christian Brothers, or Irish Christian Brothers. The Lasallian Brothers use the post-nominal abbreviation FSC to denote their membership of the order, and the honorific title Brother, abbreviated "Br." The Lasallian order stated that the Institute had 2,883 Brothers, who helped in running 1,154 Lasallian educational institutions, education centers in 78 countries with 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
