Publications
Modernist Generations in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
'Een miniaturist van de lofzang' Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Les cafés et la propagande politique Vrije Universiteit Brussel
‘Het troebel onderbewustzijn van de spoorzoeker’ Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Inleiding Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Variations on a genre. Three alternative forms of biography Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article presents alternative forms of life description by means of a biography in progress on the Flemish author August Vermeylen (1872-1945). The first form, the 'turning point biography' or 'hapax biography', avoids too conventional forms of biography by breaking up the traditional linearity and chronological presentation of life facts. One crucial year (here 1939) in the life of the author serves as the starting point. The second ...
Karel van de Woestijne and August Vermeylen. Emulation around the Flemish masters Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article demonstrates the importance of the exposition of the Flemish Primitives in Bruges in 1902 and the development of art history as an academic discipline. The Flemish painters drove writer and art historian August Vermeylen to plunge into the study of art, and inspired his lyrical prose. Vermeylen's work is compared with that of the symbolist poet Karel van de Woestijne who made his debut as an art critic with an essay about the ...