Fernand Khnopff, Georges Rodenbach, and Bruges, the dead city

Author

Pudles, Lynne

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art bulletin. 1992, Num. 4, Vol. 74, 637-654, 14 ill.

ISSN

0004-3079

Abstract (en)

The image of the city of Bruges in the work of Fernand Khnopff (paintings, drawings, illustrations) is here reinterpreted in light of writings of the Belgian author Georges Rodenbach, whose influential novel Bruges-la-Morte not only made Bruges renowned as the dead city but created for a generation of Symbolist artists and writers the quintessential image of the city as "soulscape." (Appendices with selected lists of Khnopff's frontispieces and illustrations and of his works inspired by literature).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Belgium
• Khnopff, Fernand, 1858-1921
• Painting
• Belgium
• 1800-2000
• Brugge (BEL)
• Views
• Rodenbach, Georges, 1855-1898
• Writings
• Sources
• Symbolist movement
• Drawing
• Illustration
• Art

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Belgique
• Khnopff, Fernand, 1858-1921
• Peinture
• Belgique
• 1800-2000
• Brugge (BEL)
• Vues
• Rodenbach, Georges, 1855-1898
• Ecrits
• Sources
• Symbolisme (mouvement)
• Dessin
• Illustration
• Art

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00367054

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