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Magritte Museum
The Magritte Museum (; ) is an art museum in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the work of the Belgian Surrealism, surrealist artist René Magritte. It is one of the constituent museums of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. The museum is housed in the Hôtel du Lotto, an 18th-century neoclassical architecture, neoclassical building on the Place Royale, Brussels, Place Royale/Koningsplein, across the street from the Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels, Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) and not far from the Royal Palace of Brussels. This site is served by Brussels-Central railway station, as well as by the Brussels Metro, metro stations Parc metro station (Brussels), Parc/Park (on lines Brussels Metro line 1, 1 and Brussels Metro line 5, 5) and Trône/Troon metro station, Trône/Troon (on lines Brussels Metro line 2, 2 and Brussels Metro line 6, 6). History The Magritte Museum is housed in the Hôtel du Lotto (also known as the Hôtel Altenloh), a five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Place Royale, Brussels
The (French language, French, ; "Royal Square") or (Dutch language, Dutch, ; "King's Square") is a historic Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical Town square, square in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Modelled after the so-called French ''royal square'' and built between 1775 and 1782, according to a plan of the architects Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré and Gilles-Barnabé Guimard, to replace the former Coudenberg, Palace of Coudenberg, it was part of an urban project including Brussels Park. The Place Royale is one of oldest architecturally consistent and monumental public squares, as well as an excellent example of 18th-century urban architecture. Rectangular and symmetrical in shape, it measures , and is entirely paved. In its centre stands an equestrian statue of Godfrey of Bouillon. It is also flanked by the Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg, Church of St. James on Coudenberg, as well as some of the main museums in the city. The / enters the square from the south, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brussels Metro Line 2
Line 2 is a rapid transit line on the Brussels Metro in Belgium operated by Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, STIB/MIVB. It has existed in its current form since 4 April 2009, when the section between Delacroix metro station, Delacroix and Brussels-West station, Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation was opened, which allowed to close the "loop" from and to Simonis and Elisabeth stations, Simonis/Elisabeth. The configuration of Simonis/Elisabeth though does not allow trains on line 2 to perform the loop several consecutive times in the same direction, i.e. a train running clockwise from Elisabeth will have to run counterclockwise from Simonis. The two termini of line 2 have thus received different names: originally ''Simonis (Elisabeth)'' and ''Simonis (Leopold II)'', changed in November 2013 to ''Elisabeth'' and ''Simonis''. Between Yser metro station, Yser/IJzer and the Porte de Hal metro station, Porte de Hal/Hallepoort, the line runs under the Small Ring, Brussels, Small Ring ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BELvue Museum
The BELvue Museum (; ) is a museum in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium, focusing on the history of Belgium. It is managed by the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF). The museum is housed in the Hôtel Belle-Vue, an 18th-century neoclassical building between the Place des Palais/Paleizenplein and the Place Royale/Koningsplein, next to the Royal Palace of Brussels. This site is served by Brussels-Central railway station, as well as by the metro stations Parc/Park (on lines 1 and 5) and Trône/Troon (on lines 2 and 6). History The BELvue Museum is housed in the Hôtel Belle-Vue, a five-level ''hôtel particulier'' (townhouse) dating from the late 18th century. This neoclassical building formed part of an architectural complex built after the Palace of Coudenberg burned down in 1731. It was originally built by Philippe de Proft to install a luxury hotel for travellers. The Place Royale/Koningsplein and its surrounding buildings were a site of fighting during the Belg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouache
Gouache (; ), body color, or opaque watercolor is a water-medium paint consisting of natural pigment, water, a binding agent (usually gum arabic or dextrin), and sometimes additional inert material. Gouache is designed to be opaque. Gouache has a long history, having been used for at least twelve centuries. It is used most consistently by commercial artists for posters, illustrations, comics, and other design work. Gouache is similar to watercolor in that it can be rewetted and dried to a matte finish, and the paint can become infused into its paper support. It is similar to acrylic or oil paints in that it is normally used in an opaque painting style and it can form a superficial layer. Many manufacturers of watercolor paints also produce gouache, and the two can easily be used together. Description Gouache paint is similar to watercolor, but it is modified to make it opaque. Just as in watercolor, the binding agent has traditionally been gum arabic but since the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irène Hamoir
Irène Hamoir (25 July 1906 – 17 May 1994) was a Belgian novelist and poet, the leading female member of the Belgian surrealist movement. Her poetry was published under the pen name Irine, and she appeared as Lorrie in the writings of her husband, Louis Scutenaire, and the works of René Magritte. Biography Born in Saint-Gilles, Belgium into a family with ties to the circus, she worked as a secretary. As an adolescent, Hamoir was already militant in the Young Socialist Guards. Then in 1928, she met the Brussels surrealists (she would later portray them in rough outline as hooligans in her novel ''Boulevard Jacqmain'' 953 reprinted in 1996 by the Éditions Devillez). She wrote her first poem, ''Métallique'' in 1925. At that time she first became involved with the burgeoning Belgian surrealist group forming around artists such as Magritte, , Scutenaire, Marcel Mariën, and Paul Nougé. She married Louis Scutenaire in 1930. Her poems and tales, highly fantastical, were fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgette Berger
Georgette is a feminine given name, the French form of (''Geōrgia''), the feminine form of George. Georgette may refer to: People * Georgette Barry (1919–2003), stage name Andrea King, American actress * Georgette Bauerdorf (1924–1944), American socialite, heiress and murder victim * Georgette Berube (1927–2005), American politician * Georgette Chen (1906–1993), Singaporean painter * Georgette Gómez (born 1975), American politician and community activist * Georgette Harvey (1882–1952), African-American singer and actress * Georgette Heyer (1902–1974), English novelist * Georgette Kalil (born 2002), Ecuadorian model and beauty pageant titleholder * Georgette Klinger (1915–2004), Czech-born American businesswoman and cosmetologist * Georgette Leblanc (1869–1941, French operatic soprano, actress and author * Georgette Lenoir (fl. 1922–1928), French track and field athlete, world record holder in the 800 meters and 1000 meters * Georgette Meyer (1919–1965), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Empire Of Light
''The Empire of Light'' (French: ''L'Empire des lumières'') is the title of a succession of paintings by René Magritte.Kantrowitz, Jonathan (25 November 2017), René Magritte: The Fifth Season'. Art History News. (accessed 19 December 2020) They depict the paradoxical image of a nocturnal landscape beneath a sunlit sky. He explored the theme in 27 paintings (17 oil paintings and 10 gouaches) from the 1940s to the 1960s.Peyser, Marijke. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam: A dream collection – Surrealism in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen' (accessed 19 December 2020)Zivkovic, Alex (2018), "'It's Like Being in the Picture': The Dominion of Light at SFMOMA"'. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (accessed 19 December 2020) The paintings were not planned as a formal series. They have never all been exhibited together and are rarely exhibited in smaller groups. The original French title, ''L'Empire des lumières'' is sometimes translated as singular, ''The Empire of Light'',Noë ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage Registers In Belgium
Heritage registers in Belgium include immovable heritage such as World Heritage Sites, and National heritage sites, but also intangible cultural heritage. The agency responsible for keeping and updating inventories of immovable heritage is dependent on the region, as is the name for the object, which is called Beschermd erfgoed, Biens classés or Kulturdenkmal depending on the language of the municipality of the location. Three National heritage organizations In 1835 the ''Commission royale des monuments et des sites'' (Royal committee for monuments and sites) was created to advise the government on conservation and historic preservation. This committee was split in 1968 into a Flanders committee (''Koninklijke Commissie voor Monumenten en Landschappen'') and a Wallonian committee, and in 1993 a third committee was formed to administer the area of Brussels. Walloon region In the Walloon region, the organization of the European Heritage Days and the classification of objects is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures. Porticos are sometimes topped with pediments. Palladio was a pioneer of using temple-fronts for secular buildings. In the UK, the temple-front applied to The Vyne, Hampshire, was the first portico applied to an English country house. A pronaos ( or ) is the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple, situated between the portico's colonnade or walls and the entrance to the '' cella'', or shrine. Roman temples commonly had an open pronaos, usually with only columns and no walls, and the pronaos could be as long as the ''cella''. The word ''pronaos'' () is Greek for "before a temple". In Latin, a pronaos is also referred to as an ''anticum'' or ''prodomus''. The pronaos of a Greek a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold I Of Belgium
Leopold I (16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865. The youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold took a commission in the Imperial Russian Army and fought against Napoleon after French troops overran Saxe-Coburg during the Napoleonic Wars. After Napoleon's defeat, Leopold moved to the United Kingdom, where in 1816 he married Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796–1817), Princess Charlotte of Wales, the only child of the British Prince Regent (later George IV). Leopold and Charlotte's marriage was happy, but it ended after a year and a half when Charlotte died after delivering a stillborn son. Leopold continued to enjoy considerable status in Britain. After the Greek War of Independence, Leopold was offered the throne of Greece under the 1830 London Protocol that created an independent Greek state, but turned it down, believing it to be too precarious. Instead, he accepted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Revolution
The Belgian Revolution (, ) was a conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly the former Southern Netherlands) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium. The people of the south were mainly Flemish people, Flemings and Walloons. Both peoples were traditionally Roman Catholic as contrasted with Protestant-dominated (Dutch Reformed) people of the north. Many outspoken liberals regarded William I of the Netherlands, King William I's rule as despotic. There were high levels of unemployment and industrial unrest among the working classes. On 25 August 1830, riots erupted in Brussels and shops were looted. Theatergoers who had just watched the nationalistic opera ''La muette de Portici'' joined the mob. Uprisings followed elsewhere in the country. Factories were occupied and machinery destroyed. Order was restored briefly after William committed troops to the Southern Provinces but rioting continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palace Of Coudenberg
The Palace of Coudenberg (; ) was a royal residence situated on the Coudenberg or Koudenberg (; Dutch for "Cold Hill"), a hill in what is today the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. For nearly 700 years, the Castle and then Palace of Coudenberg was the residence (and seat of power) of the counts, dukes, archdukes, kings, emperors or governors who, from the 12th century to the 18th century, exerted their sovereignty over the Duchy of Brabant and later over all or part of the Burgundian and then Spanish and Austrian Netherlands. The palace was completely destroyed in an accidental fire that broke out on the night of 3 February 1731 and the Place Royale/Koningsplein was built between 1775 and 1782 atop its ruins. Only the underground parts remain today. After several years of excavations, the archaeological vestiges of the palace and its foundations are open to the public via the BELvue Museum. History Early history The exact date when the first Castle of Coudenberg was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
