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Between historical fact and artistic fiction: the topographical representation of contemporary battles and festivities by the Brussels court painters Peter Snayers and Elisabeth Seldron. KU Leuven
This project consists of three interlocking components. The first one is the revision of my dissertation, entitled Between remembrance and glorification. A contextual study of Peter Snayers (1592-1667) topographical battle iconography for the Habsburg elite, for book publication in English in the peer-reviewed series Pictura Nova (Brepols Publishers). In the second part of the project Snayers paintings of the shooting of the jay by the Archduke ...
[Exhibition Project] Bruegel Land. Focus on Romanticism. Joseph Lies Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Griet Van Opstal, Siska Beele
For a whole year, the special focus in the Bruegel Land exhibition is on a selection of ten Romantic paintings by Joseph Lies (1821 – 1865).
Prize and Award-culture in Belgium. KU Leuven
The research project comprises a study of the prize and award-culture in Belgium. By means of a comparative analysis, Belgian awards with a national appeal will be related to other similar international initiatives. The project focuses mainly on contemporary visual arts.
Ensor Research Project Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
In the summer of 2013 the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) launched a new project: the Ensor Research Project (ERP). Ambitions are high enough as the museum aspires to become the reference centre for art-historical and material technical-research into the oeuvre of James Ensor. The central focus is on the creative process, from concept to finished painting. With 38 paintings and over 600 drawings the Royal Museum has the largest and ...
Mapping the Antwerp-Brussels-Oudenarde tapestry complex (1600-1700) via network analysis. KU Leuven
It is a truism that 17th-century Flemish tapestry production was exceptionally capital-intensive and perilous. While investments in cartoons, labour, and material were immense – the price of a high-quality Brussels set equaled that of a battleship (!) –, the recovery of the invested capital was usually slow and problematic. Thus, tapissiers had to find ways to maximize their creditworthiness and to minimize information asymmetries ...
Digital Archive of Belgian Neo-Avant-garde Periodicals (DABNAP). University of Antwerp
Post-war artists' periodicals are a prime example of the neo-avant-garde DIY ethos, and simultaneously constitute a crucial source of information about this movement. This project aims to digitize a substantial and representative corpus of Belgian neo-avant-garde periodicals. Subsequently, innovative language processing tools will be applied in order to extract and visualize the network of artists who were behind the periodicals.
A historical study on 450 years City Hall of Antwerp. University of Antwerp
This project represents a formal research agreement between UA and on the other hand Stad Antwerpen. UA provides Stad Antwerpen research results mentioned in the title of the project under the conditions as stipulated in this contract.
Mapping the Antwerp-Brussels-Oudenarde tapestry complex (1600-1700) via social network analysis. KU Leuven
17th-century Flemish tapestry production was exceptionally capital-intensive and perilous. Tapissiers had to find ways to maximize their creditworthiness and to minimize information assymetries between themselves and prospective buyers to avoid market failure. The question emerging from these observations is straightforward: How did they do it? How did 17-th century Antwerp, Brussels and Oudenarde tapissiers succeed in overcoming all these ...