My husband and I will be leaving Leuven, Belgium, our home for the past 16 weeks, and heading to Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Although we are very excited to be seeing a new part of the world, we are sad to leave this wonderful town. It is amazing how quickly you can develop and attachment for a place and feel that it is home.
So, in honor of our departure, I thought I would share some of the amazing artwork found in this very city. If Europe has one thing over the United States, it is the availability to see amazing artwork. In Leuven we had a chance to tour their new museum,
Museum M, as well as wander through the gorgeous cathedral, which is a museum in and of itself.
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| They had an entire room of paintings featuring places in Leuven. This is of the inside of the Cathedral. |
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| This is a close up of the previous painting. The detail is amazing! |
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| This exhibition ‘Victimes de la Passion’ featured work by Robert Devriendt who paints tiny pictures that tell a story in a grouping |
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| The detail he manages to get on the tiny 2x3 inch canvases is amazing |
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| This museum had a collection of artifacts from the Congo found 100 years ago when Belgium colonized it |
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| They did this exhibit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Congo becoming independent |
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| This is probably my favorite painting simply because the colors are so vibrant and are excellently chosen. This shows the scenes of Jesus leading to the cross. |
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| This is a clock/calendar that was created around the year 1500 |
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| A close up of the calendar, it not only tells the time and date, but the relation of humans to the universe |
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| I don't have information on this statue, but I simply had to share it |
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| The creamy white material is very beautiful and I love the way they had it lit up |
I hope these photos were able to share even a fraction of how beautiful this work is. I feel very fortunate to be able to enjoy this level of artistic skill on a regular basis.
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Gorgeous! I can't believe you're leaving already!
ReplyDeleteare you going to be able to travel much while you're there? You won't be too far from Haarlem, where The Hiding Place museum is!
ReplyDeletesuch beautiful and skilled art work! I've never been to the Netherlands but most of Europe is so rich in art and culture that I'm sure you will find more wonders. I've enjoyed all that you've shared of Leuven!
ReplyDeleteThese pieces are so absolutely amazing!! Thank you for sharing with us :-)
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ReplyDeleteSo impressive sculpture!! wow~~
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cool art pieces.
ReplyDeletei went to the new american wing at the mfa with pete last weekend and thought of you - really incredible, especially how it's set up. i was just thinking about how our art is so young (as is our country) and that this exhibit was really the first time i'd been through a chronological mapping of its development.
ReplyDeleteyou should also check out the website jess works for now: culturenow.org for the museum without walls project. i think she should guest blog for you for the partnership series.(also i have a few photo credits...nbd...)