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Mesopotamian Clay Cones in the ancient Near East Collections of the Royal Museums of Art and History KU Leuven
This article presents a set of 16 clay cones conserved in the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH). They entered the Ancient Near East collections of the museum through various pathways since the early 20th century. These cones, nails or pegs were once placed in the foundations or walls of prominent Mesopotamian structures. The inscriptions on them testify to the grand building achievements of the rulers under which they were produced. The ...
The Ghent altarpiece : Van Eyck : art, history, science and religion Ghent University
The Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by the Van Eyck brothers (1432), is recognised worldwide as a great work of art, and one of the most influential paintings ever made. It was the world’s first major oil painting, and it is laced with religious mysticism. The work almost reads like an A to Z of Christianity – from the Annunciation to the symbolic sacrifice of Christ, with the ‘Mystic Lamb’ on an altar in a heavenly meadow, ...
The feathered headdress from the Austral Islands at The Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels : the conservation of a masterpiece Ghent University
This contribution mainly focusses on the recent research and conservation of a feathered headdress from the Austral Islands in the collections of The Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. It goes into several steps and choices of curation and conservation, and proposes steps for the future of exhibiting such valuable and significant things of cultural heritage and indigenous property.
The Collaboration Between Art History and Genetics - An Unlikely Marriage of Disciplines. Flanders Institute for Biotechnology Ghent University
Sasanian copper and billon coins from the collections of the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium-insights using semi-quantitative analysis by μXRF KU Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The use of µXRF for the elemental analysis of Sasanian lead coins from the collection of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In this paper the first elemental analysis of Sasanian lead coins is reported. Chemical analysis by micro-X-Ray fluorescence (μXRF) of 28 lead coins revealed a continued tradition in the production of coins over the whole period. The lighter coins usually contain >98wt% Pb, heavier coins contain 90-95wt% Pb and might be part of a changing tradition of lead-rich copper coins to copper-rich lead coins. The last group of coins contains 80-90wt% ...
The Meiji Prints housed in the Collection of the Royal Museums of Art and History KU Leuven
The introduction of ukiyo-e (浮世絵), the Japanese traditional genre of woodblock printing, to the Western collectors in the second half of the nineteenth century resulted in their preference of romantic images of beauties, actors and landscapes, while the prints of the Meiji-period were ignored due to their strident coloration, unusual topics and decline in production. However, Meiji prints still thrived for example through the depiction of the ...
Visualizing Rubens in modern art history Ghent University
In this essay, Griet Bonne examines what Rubens' modern remediation can teach us about reproducibility in the current post-digital age. Between Rubens' 300th and 400th birthday celebration, in 1877 and 1977 respectively, mechanical reproductions increasingly defined our perception and reception of art. Reproduction media used various visual strategies to translate the artworks' narratives into a modern perspective. In addition, the altered ...