Who's who? : de beelden op de gevels van het Leuvense Stadhuis = les statues des façades de l'Hôtel de ville de Leuven = the statues on the façades of the Leuven Town Hall /
The Gothic Town Hall is arguably Leuven's most well-known icon. Many people are intrigued by the 236 statues that populate the niches and by the adorned corbels that support them. In this richly illustrated trilingual guide - the first of its kind - the author examines the whole narrative of th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Dutch French |
| Language Notes: | Dutch, English and French. |
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Leuven :
Peeters,
[2012]
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| Summary: | The Gothic Town Hall is arguably Leuven's most well-known icon. Many people are intrigued by the 236 statues that populate the niches and by the adorned corbels that support them. In this richly illustrated trilingual guide - the first of its kind - the author examines the whole narrative of the statues: the historical context, the vicissitudes of the project, the location and identification of the statues, and the major restaurations. |
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| Physical Description: | 413 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-52) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789042928893 9042928891 |