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Introduction |
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PART I 1830--1850: Belgium's `Big Bang' and the Emergence of Its Sculpture School |
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17 | (5) |
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1.1 Sculpture for a New Country: Art as a Unifier |
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17 | (5) |
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22 | (13) |
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2.1 Defying `Enemies of Our True Nationality': The Academy of Antwerp |
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22 | (3) |
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2.2 Enemies within the Borders of the Nation: Antwerp vs. Brussels |
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25 | (1) |
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2.3 Out with the Old, in with the New: The Academy of Brussels |
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26 | (4) |
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2.4 Outside the Classroom, into the Studio |
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30 | (5) |
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35 | (2) |
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3.1 The Belgian Salons: An Exclusive Party |
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35 | (2) |
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4.1 Guillaume Geefs, `le seul sculpteur beige' |
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37 | (25) |
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4.1.1 General Augustin Belliard, `plus Beige que Francais'? |
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52 | (5) |
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4.1.2 Geefs' Peter Paul Rubens: King of the Flemish Painter School' |
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57 | (5) |
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4.1.3 A Battle of Heroes: Rubens vs. Belliard |
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62 | (1) |
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4.2 Louis-Eugene Simonis, `pere de la sculpture beige moderne' |
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62 | (11) |
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4.2.1 Simon Stevin, an Ambiguous Choice |
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68 | (3) |
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4.2.2 Godfrey of Bouillon, a Belgian Hero Ahorse |
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71 | (2) |
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4.3 A Battle of Sculptors: Geefs vs. Simonis |
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73 | (4) |
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PART II 1850--1880: A Foreign Prevalence and Non-Belgian Sculpture |
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77 | (56) |
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79 | (4) |
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5.1 Sculpture Midway through the Century: Art as a Sign of Unity |
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79 | (4) |
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83 | (7) |
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6.1 The Academies: Expansion and Consolidation |
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83 | (3) |
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6.2 Beyond Academies and Borders: The Private Studio |
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86 | (4) |
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90 | (12) |
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7.1 Sculpture at the Salons: The Road to National and International Fame and Claim |
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90 | (5) |
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7.2 `National Schools' at the International Exhibitions: Constructed (or) Reality? |
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95 | (4) |
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7.2.1 Cultural Shards and Patches |
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95 | (2) |
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7.2.2 The `boulangerie nationale' |
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97 | (2) |
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7.3 Jean Baptiste Carpeaux in Belgium: Visiting, Exhibiting, Inspiring |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (31) |
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8.1 `Une question d'art ou une question de nationalite?" |
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102 | (1) |
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8.2 French Sculptors in Belgium |
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103 | (24) |
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8.2.1 A Clash at the Bourse of Brussels |
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103 | (11) |
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8.2.2 `A Good-for-Nothing [ Who] Will Soon Be Disposed of': Auguste Rodin in Belgium |
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114 | (4) |
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8.2.3 Carrier-Belleuse in Belgium: The Sequel |
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118 | (6) |
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8.2.4 Jules Bertin: `enfant adoptif de Tongres', or a Frenchman? |
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124 | (3) |
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8.3 Sculpture at the Palace of Justice: A Lesson Learned? |
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127 | (3) |
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8.4 Une Question d'Art et une Question de Nationality |
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130 | (3) |
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PART III 1880--1895: A Renaissance of Belgian Sculpture |
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133 | (54) |
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135 | (11) |
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9.1 Artistic Prosperity and Economic Distress |
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135 | (5) |
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9.2 Building for King and Country |
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140 | (6) |
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146 | (11) |
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20.2 Antwerp: The `Flemish' Academy |
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146 | (2) |
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10.2 Van der Stappen's Reign at the Academy of Brussels |
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148 | (2) |
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10.3 Finding Native Heritage Abroad |
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150 | (7) |
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157 | (14) |
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11.1 The Old Ways: The Salons |
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157 | (2) |
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11.2 Alternative Stages: L'Essor, Les XX, and La Libre Esthetique |
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159 | (6) |
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11.3 National Success on an International Stage: The Paris Salons |
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165 | (3) |
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11.4 Sculpture at the International Exhibitions: Yesterday's `National Schools'? |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (16) |
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12.1 "Dans l'esprit des sculptures du grand Opera de Paris': Two Statues for the Royal Museums of Fine Arts |
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171 | (9) |
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12.2 The Renaissance of Sculpture in Belgium |
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180 | (4) |
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12.3 Sculpting a(n) (Inter)National and Local Identity |
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184 | (3) |
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PART IV 1895--1916: International Belgian Sculpture |
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187 | (46) |
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189 | (8) |
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13.1 King Leopold II, Belgian Chryselephantine Sculptures, and a French Garden |
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189 | (2) |
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13.2 A New Political Movement, a New Sculpture |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (6) |
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14.1 Ever Looking Back: The Antwerp Academy |
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197 | (1) |
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14.2 Ta nature, c'est moi qui l'enseigne!': Van der Stappen vs. Dillens in Brussels |
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198 | (3) |
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14.3 A Need for Change: The Education Abroad |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (18) |
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15.1 Salons: The Old and the New |
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203 | (4) |
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15.2 `La France aux Francais!': The Paris Salons |
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207 | (1) |
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15.3 Contradicting Storylines: Belgians at the International Exhibitions |
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208 | (7) |
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208 | (3) |
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211 | (4) |
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15.4 Meunier and Minne Exhibiting Abroad |
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215 | (4) |
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15.5 Sculpture in Exile: Later Exhibitions |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (12) |
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16.1 Public Identity: Locality vs. Nationality |
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221 | (5) |
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16.1.1 Le Debardeur, a Local Hero |
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221 | (2) |
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16.1.2 Art Criticism Revised: Walloon Sculpture? |
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223 | (3) |
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16.2 `Qu'importe la nationality de l'artiste?': Meunier's Zola |
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226 | (4) |
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230 | (3) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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