‎[Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens] - ‎ ‎PILON, Edmond‎
‎Bruges‎

‎Civic Group Portraits in Bruges (1650-1800) Windows on Urban History ‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, :2025 Linnen binding under illustrated dustjacket, vii + 458 pages, 216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:2 b/w, 122 col., 1 tables b/w., 7 maps color. ENG. *NEW. ISBN 9782503618395.‎

‎The patrons of civic group portraits were corporate organisations such as confraternities, craft and militia guilds, charitable institutions, and administrative bodies. Up until now, the painted civic group has been primarily seen as a product of the Dutch Republic. While the genre may have been exceptionally important in the Northern Low Countries, the present study shows that such paintings were also fundamental in the South, with Bruges playing a central role. From the late fifteenth century until 1800, both the urban elite and the artisan classes of Bruges commissioned institutional group portraits, and the forms that those artworks took responded to local conditions and needs. The patrons? self-representation in these works was meant to emphasize the internal cohesion and solidarity within their group, and to reinforce that group?s social status in the urban community. In looking carefully at these contexts, this research project has provided new interpretations for civic group portraits and has demonstrated their richness as both cultural heritage and historical sources. The Bruges works, however, represent just a portion of those produced in the Southern Netherlands during the early modern era. The author provides an updated inventory of 190 civic group portraits that he has been able to trace for the Southern Netherlands. All of these works, moreover, need to be set in a broader European context, as civic group portraits are also recorded in Venice, Paris, and England, and were likely produced elsewhere as well. Future researchers will be able to expand our understanding of the genre as a European phenomenon, continuing to reveal the significance of these remarkable artworks and use them to gain deeper insights into the past. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Bruges: An Urban History Chapter 1: Design and Methodology Chapter 2: Early Civic Group Portraits in Bruges, Before 1560 Chapter 3: Civic Group Portraits in Bruges, c. 1560?1650 Chapter 4: Civic Group Portraits in Bruges, 1650?1800 Chapter 5: Civic Group Portraits from Bruges in a Southern Low Countries Context, 1450?1800: A status quaestionis Conclusion Addendum: Civic Group Portraits in the Southern Netherlands, 1450?1800 Notes List of Illustrations Illustrations Photo Credits Bibliography Index‎

‎Convolute of three studies or pamphlets on the feasability of a sea-port in Bruges ( Zeebrugge ) (1) Bruges-Port de Mer. Simples Idées émises par Justin Lambin. (2) La Question des Ports de Bruges. (3) Union Syndicale de Bruges. Rapport sur la situation des diverses branches d'industrie en 1880 et 1881...dans la question de Bruges Port de Mer.‎

‎ (1) Brugge, Imprimerie Houdmont, 1880, in-8°, 12 pp . (2) Bruges, Imprimerie Graphica, s.d. (no author), 14 pp. (3) Bruges, Imprimerie Jean Cuypers, 1882, 46 pp. Bound in blue cloth, leather label on spine, wrappers of (1) and (3) preserved. Rare convolute of three pamphlets or studies on the port of Bruges ( Zeebruges ). The second pamphlet not in De Le Court.‎

‎Connected Worlds of Bruges ‎

‎, Hannibal Books, 2026 Hardback, 29.2 x 24.5 cm, approx. 304 pages, full-colour illustrations, English edition . ISBN 9789493416604.‎

‎A visually stunning exploration of Bruges as a global crossroads: where art, trade, and culture shaped a world city Connected Worlds of Bruges reveals the city's long-standing place at the crossroads of global history. Far from being an isolated medieval town, Bruges has always thrived within a vast network of trade routes, cultural exchange, and political ties that stretched far beyond its borders. Through a carefully curated selection of remarkable objects, each a testament to historical encounters across continents, this book tells a rich, mosaic-like story of interconnectedness. It invites readers to explore Bruges from fresh and unexpected angles, shedding light on how local and global dynamics have shaped the city's evolving identity as a world city. Published to mark the festive opening of the new art hall BRUSK in Bruges and its opening exhibition Bigger Picture Connected World of Bruges 900-1550, Belgium, from 8 May until 6 September 2026.‎

‎mondes interconnect s de Bruges‎

‎, Hannibal Books, 2026 hardcover, couverture rigide, 29,2 x 24,5 cm, environ 304 pages, illustrations en quadrichromie, dition en fran ais . ISBN 9789493416604.‎

‎Une exploration visuellement saisissante de Bruges en tant que carrefour mondial : o l'art, le commerce et la culture ont fa onn une ville-monde Les mondes interconnect s de Bruges r v le la place ancienne de la ville au croisement de l?histoire mondiale. Loin d' tre une cit m di vale isol e, Bruges a toujours prosp r au sein d'un vaste r seau de routes commerciales, d' changes culturels et de liens politiques qui s' tendaient bien au-del de ses fronti res. travers une s lection soigneusement organis e d'objets remarquables chacun t moignant de rencontres historiques entre les continents cet ouvrage propose un r cit riche, en forme de mosa que, des interconnexions. Il invite les lecteurs d couvrir Bruges sous des angles nouveaux et inattendus, en mettant en lumi re la mani re dont les dynamiques locales et globales ont fa onn l'identit volutive de la ville en tant que ville-monde. Publi l'occasion de l?inauguration festive de la nouvelle halle d'art BRUSK Bruges et de son exposition d'ouverture Vision Large Les mondes interconnect s de Bruges 900-1550, Belgique, du 8 mai au 6 septembre 2026.‎

‎Bruges‎

‎Artis-Historia, collection "Cités de Belgique", Bruxelles, 1980. Grand in-8, cartonnage éditeur illustré en couleurs, 126 pp. Bruges : Deux mille ans d'histoire. - Les riches heures de Bruges. - Pedro de Bayona devient bourgeois de Bruges. - Lettres de Paul à Sophie - Légendes de Bruges : L'ours blanc de Bruges. - Le miracle de la ...‎

‎Avec 75 illustrations contrecollées en couleurs in et hors-texte. --- Plus d'informations sur le site archivesdunord.com‎