Hardcover with dusjacket, 294 pp. 430 b./w. ills on plts. in fine condition ! L'ouvrage, relie pleine toile de format A-4, qui paraitra au cours du premier semestre 2009 comprend 294 pages imprimees, 430 figures, une abondante bibliographie, un index general et un index des medailleurs actifs en Belgique. ISBN 9789090240398. Curieusement, le sujet n'avait quasi jamais ete couvert. Luc Smolderen, ancien ambassadeur et passionne de medailles, a resume quarante ans de recherches dans un savant ouvrage de pres de 300 pages et 430 illustrations : "La medaille en Belgique, des origines a nos jours". Nee en Italie, a la Renaissance, au quattrocento, la medaille fut pendant des siecles, un art a part entiere. Sa seduction, ecrit-il fut d?etre " un objet mysterieux comme en trompe-l'il. Sa magie provient d?une profondeur qu?elle n?a pas et d'une valeur symbolique qui transcende le verbe. Elle decrit un caractere, raconte une histoire, par la seule vertu d?un profil accole, un signe qui immortalisera la personnalite du modele. " Exercice delicat pour le sculpteur : faire un bas-relief, toujours rond, d?un profil (l'oreille devient le centre de la composition), avec, pour suggerer le relief quelques dixiemes de mm a peine. 0 g. Seller Inventory # 46284

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Title: medaille en Belgique des origines a nos ...

Publisher: BE Cultura wetteren, 2009

Binding: Hardcover

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