Flemish Cities Explored

Flemish Cities Explored

Author: Derek Blyth

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781873429303

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Extensively revised and updated based on the author's frequent visits, "Flemish Cities Explored" features sights, museums, medieval towns, and art nouveau extravaganza. Includes lodging and restaurants in a range of price and style. 50 photos, 16 color illustrations, maps.


Culture and Identity in Belgian Francophone Writing

Culture and Identity in Belgian Francophone Writing

Author: Susan Bainbrigge

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9783039113828

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Few full-length studies exist in English on French-speaking authors from Belgium. What, if any, are the particular features of francophone Belgian writing? This book explores questions of cultural and literary identity, and offers an overview of currents in critical debate regarding the place of francophone Belgian writing and its relationship to its larger neighbour, but also engages with broader questions concerning the classification of 'francophone' literature. The study brings together well-known and less well-known modern and contemporary writers (Suzanne Lilar, Neel Doff, Dominique Rolin, Jacqueline Harpman, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Jean Muno, Nicole Malinconi, and Amélie Nothomb) whose works share a number of recurring themes and features, notably a preoccupation with questions of identity and alterity. Overall, the study highlights the diverse ways in which these questions of cultural identity and alterity emerge as a dominant theme throughout the corpus, viewed through a series of literary and cultural frameworks which bring together perspectives both local and global.


Belgium

Belgium

Author: Bernard A. Cook

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780820458243

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Although Belgium has only been an independent state since the 1830s, it has a long and complex past. This history is essential for understanding the complexities of issues that led to a devolution of the unitary Belgian state into a federation of linguistically based regions. In addition to the elements that contributed to Belgium's particular political evolution, the history which is traced in this book is a composite of many themes of broad historical interest and importance. Belgium: A History covers the gamut of Belgian history through dramas of religious and cultural conflict, intense localism, state building, uneven development, divergent class interests, war and domination, and finally, integration into a larger European community.


Exploring the Middle Ages

Exploring the Middle Ages

Author:

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780761476139

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Presents a comprehensive, illustrated reference of the period in world history known as the Middle Ages, encompassing both the Eastern and Western hemispheres.


The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture

The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture

Author: Colum Hourihane

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 4064

ISBN-13: 0195395360

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This volume offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in the celebrated 'Grove Dictionary of Art' and adding hundreds of new entries, it offers students, researchers and the general public a reliable, up-to-date, and convenient resource covering this field of major importance in the development of Western history and international art and architecture.


Flanders

Flanders

Author: Andre de Vries

Publisher: Landscapes of the Imagination

Published: 2007-06-11

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 019531493X

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Brussels

Brussels

Author: André De Vries

Publisher: Signal Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781902669472

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Popularly evoking images of European power politics and miniature cabbages, beer-drinking, chocolates and French fries. Yet Brussels, for all its reputation for bureaucracy and extravagance, is a city that has always been open to outsiders, to invaders and immigrants, always preserving its humanity. Architecturally rich and culturally sophisticated, this European capital defies its stereotypes.


Belgium - Culture Smart! !

Belgium - Culture Smart! !

Author: Mandy Macdonald

Publisher:

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1857335953

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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * dos, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspoken "Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel "... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel "...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer "...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine "...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times


Flemish Cities Explored

Flemish Cities Explored

Author: Derek Blyth

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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A guide to Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, Mechelen and Leuven.


Rubens: A Portrait

Rubens: A Portrait

Author: Paul Oppenheimer

Publisher: Ivan R. Dee

Published: 2002-05-21

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1461661242

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The most popular painter of his day, yet an artist whose reputation has fluctuated among art scholars and critics of the succeeding centuries, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is chiefly remembered today for his large canvases of sensual gardens, religious scenes, and voluptuous "Rubenesque" women. In Oppenheimer's account of his life, Rubens emerges not only as a talented painter but also as an intellectual with a unique conception of beauty that proved very influential and ahead of his time. Oppenheimer explores Rubens' ideas as he tells the story of his life, which included years as a diplomat, and illuminates his response to the humanism of the Renaissance in which he lived.