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guided tour - Shin hanga

guided tour

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guided tour - Shin hanga

guided tour

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Working with glass in Belgium

meeting day in the context of the International Year of Glass 2022

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Transition in Japanese printmaking

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Antony Gormley
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cover publication Sura
SURA | صورة – Egypt through a Belgian lens, Snoeck, 2023, 248 p.

In the early 20th century, Belgian Egyptologist Jean Capart and his collaborators undertook several voyages to Egypt. With a keen eye for photography, they documented the land on the Nile in all its facets. The Egyptological library of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels houses this important collection of about 14,000 photographic glass negatives. The more than 200 photographs selected here illustrate these pioneering years of Belgian Egyptology. They simultaneously offer a kaleidoscopic view of Egypt of a bygone era, with dramatic landscapes, ancient monuments, archaeological expeditions and daily life in all its diversity.

(also available in Dutch and French) - €40 in the museumshop