Bringing the world into view: explorations and the illustrated lecture circuit in early twentieth-century Antwerp and Brussels University of Antwerp
The illustrated lecture circuit in Antwerp and Brussels boomed at the beginning of the twentieth century. As was the case in other modernizing cities, a variety of different associations organized lectures on broadly debated issues, disseminating all sorts of knowledge and ideas to a wide audience. The great explorations of this period, which focused on both polar regions and mountain peaks, were exemplary for this trend. The use of the ...