Agenda
Gevaar & Schoonheid – Turner en de traditie van het sublieme
5 sept 2015 t/m 3 jan 2016 – in het Rijksmuseum Twenthe
Dido building Carthage; or the Rise of the Carthaginian Empire
1815; Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 232 cm; National Gallery, London
‘Historische Huizen Gent’ has organized from 27 November 2015 – 10 April 2016 the exhibtion:
History @ The Movies in Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent, Belgium .
To be seen are costumes from f.i. Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Emma Thompson en Colin Firth in the exhibition History @ The Movies in de Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent. Costumes from historic films and series as The Tudors, Sense and Sensibility, Casanova and The White Queen. With lush costumes and romantic movie scènes brings this unique exhibition you to the distant past or more recent history. There are 30 original garments from wel known British productions.
More than 80 masterpieces by the 19th century artist Alma Tadema are in the Frisian Museum for the exhibition Alma-Tadema: Classical Charm. His international top pieces, his world and his influence on film meet in Alma Tadema’s home city of Leeuwarden in the Frisian Museum. More info see the page: News
The French painter Watteau to be seen at Teylersmuseum in Haarlem.
Photo: c.1760 Robe á la Française or Robe á pli Watteau (dress with Watteau pleats) as it was renamed at the time after Jean-Antoine Watteau: he liked to draw the characteristic back of this dress with its deep, long box pleats
This years theme at the library of Leuven is ‘200 jaar Jane Austen’.
It is 200 years ago the the English writer Jane Austen past away. Austen wrote ‘Pride and prejudice’, ‘Sense and sensibility’, ‘Emma’ … Her work is in the spotlights from 21 September – 21 Oktober and a Regency room. With an extra festive day and full program on zaterdag 14 oktober.
The 3rd edition of the ‘Dag van de Bataafsche Vryheid’ this will be on Sunday 18 March. Find more info on the facebook page
The Walcheren expedition will take place on 23 – 24 August 2019.
This historic event will give you an impression of how it was in Veere in 1809. Tall ships will be there to re-create the Landing in Veere by the English with French and Dutch soldiers to fight them.