Aantal boeken: 3

  • Bastions zonder grenzen

    Damme, Sluis, IJzendijke
    Arco Willeboordse, Bruno Comer, Caroline Terryn, Eric Huys, Harold Van Damme, Johan Termote, Robrecht Pillen
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    Bastions zonder grenzen

    In Bastions zonder grenzen reconstrueren de auteurs de geschiedenis van het militaire erfgoed van Damme, Sluis en IJzendijke. Al tijdens de Tachtigjarige Oorlog (1568-1648) bleek dat de oude middeleeuwse burchtmuren niet langer volstonden om zich te beschermen tegen buskruit en vuurwapens. Steden werden versterkt met veelhoekige bastions, forten, schansen, batterijen en linies.
    Bastions zonder grenzen richt de schijnwerpers op dit militair erfgoed. Hoe bouwde men zo’n versterking? Welke nieuwe militaire ontwikkelingen en gewijzigde inzichten in strategie en tactiek ontwikkelden zich? De vele plannen, tekeningen, gravures en schilderijen tonen het meesterschap van de militaire bouwheren. Maar vandaag staan we voor de vraag: hoe gaan we om met militair erfgoed? Want de forten hebben hun militaire functie allang verloren en zijn ondertussen belangrijke natuurgebieden of cultuurpodia geworden.

    Onder leiding van Jan Hutsebaut en Piet Lombaerde (red.) reconstrueren de auteurs Bruno Comer, Eric Huys, Robrecht Pillen, Johan Termote, Caroline Terryn, Harold Van Damme en Arco Willeboordse de geschiedenis van de verdedigingswerken in deze regio.

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  • Victor Horta and the Frison House in Brussels

    In the middle of the Lebeaustraat in Brussels, sandwiched between neo-Renaissance and neo-Gothic houses, stands an Art Nouveau jewel designed by Victor Horta: the Frison House. It was
    commissioned by Maurice Frison, a lawyer and friend of the architect, and was built in 1894-1895. Horta designed not only the house, but also all its furniture and decoration, right down to the smallest detail: from door handles to marble fireplaces, from mosaic floors to elegant banisters, from wall lamps to the gratings for the cellar openings. The absolute eyecatcher is the winter garden, whose elegant design allows soft yellow light to flow subtly into its perfectly proportioned space.

    Nupur Tron is the author of this book and owner of the house. In recent years, she has breathed new life back into Horta’s masterpiece. She pieced together bits of the old chandeliers she found in one of the cellars. She had items of furniture designed by Horta lovingly restored. With great passion, she continues to search for the funds that will allow her to restore the entire house to its former glory, one step at a time.

    Horta and the Frison House in Brussels is an ode to the architect and his creation.

    Nupur Tron is from India. She studied Design, Marketing & Merchandising and Fine Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She designs jewellery, in which the different styles of east and west meet in harmony.

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