ARA Belgica

The Art Nouveau style in Belgium is known for the interplay of supple lines and movements as well as for the stylisation of ornamental flowers, both figurative and linear.

Belgian bookbinding has been particularly influenced by the strong personality of the architect and decorator Henry Van de Velde. Between 1893 and 1900 he created decorated bindings which, together with their preliminary designs, have been brought together here for the first time. Furniture, silver, jewellery, stained-glass and textiles designed by the artist will complete the exhibition.

Practical information :

Admission charges : Full price : 7,50 €
Seniors, students, unemployed : 4 €
Art. 27 : 1,25 €

Address : Bibliotheca Wittockiana
Rue du Bemel 23
1150 Bruxelles (Woluwe-St-Pierre)

Further information : Téléphone : 02/770 53 33
Website www.wittockiana.org
Email: info@wittockiana.org
Email for the media : pgodin@wittockiana.org

Guided tour : 150 €

A press-conference will be organized on Saturday 2nd October 2010 at 11h00 followed by a buffet lunch at midday.

A preview will be held on Tuesday 5th October at 18h30.

Tomorrow’s Past 2009 Paris
Click here to see it:

http://www.outofbinding.com/2009.htm

For more information about the new books, the binders and the new bindings’ materials and techniques
Click here and at each binder’s name:

http://www.outofbinding.com/tp_binders.htm

Why Paris? Pourquoi Paris?
Sün Evrard answers this question in the Introduction page - voir la réponse de Sün sur la page d'intoduction
Click here to read it:

http://www.outofbinding.com/tp.htm

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sun.evrard/index.htm

http://www.outofbinding.com/tp%20binders/sun.htm

For didactic Activities see attachments

Teachers : Christina Balbiano d'Aramengo , Carmencho Arregui, Cor Aerssens, Angel Simone, Silvia Molinari

ASSOCIAZIONE PROFESSIONE LIBRO
Fine Bindings, book Conservation
Via A. Del BON, 1 - 20158 MILANO -I

tel/fax (+39) 02 3760058

www.professionelibro.it
info@professionelibro.it

China has fuelled the imaginations of Europeans for more than a thousand years. Attracted by legends ans fragmentary tales that circulated about this totally unknown far-away country, and later by the exotic products that arrived in the West via the Silk Road, many Western travellers, from the Middle Ages onward, set out for China: Jean de Plan Carpin (from 1245 to 1246), Guillaume de Rubroeck (from 1253 to 1255), Marco Polo (from 1275 to 1290), Odoric de Pordenone (1323-1328), Matteo Ricci (from 1582 to 1610), Ferdinand Verbiest (from 1656 to 1688) and Lord Marcartney (from 1792 to 1794).

This exhibition will introduce us to extraordinary travellers' tales, often illustrated with engravings, such as the book of Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1667) or accompanied by fine watercolours, such as one of William Alexander (1805) and a fascinating collection of old original photographs.

more information: www.wittockiana.org - T: 02 770 53 33
info@wittockiana.org