Art / History

€ 74,50 isbn 978 90 5867 841 6 12/2010 22,5 x 28 cm Hardcover

ca. 320 p. Illustrated nur 648 Kadoc Artes 12 English/French

Living with History, 1914–1964

Rebuilding Europe after the First and Second World Wars and the Role of Heritage Preservation La reconstruction en Europe après la Première et la Seconde Guerre Mondiale et le rôle de la conservation des monuments historiques Nicholas Bullock & Luc Verpoest (eds)

Living with Historyfocuses on a particular aspect of heritage preservation in the 20th century: destruction and post-war reconstruction in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, and The Netherlands. This book establishes a status quaestionis for the historiography of wartime and post-war preservation, and sets these particular developments in preservation history in the context of the general evolution of architecture and urbanism. It studies the specific role of conservationists and heritage institutions and administrations in the overall reconstruction, and examines the specific role of architects and planners in preservation matters.

nicholas bullock is Head of the Department of Architecture and Reader in Architectural and Planning History at the University of Cambridge where he is a Fellow of King's College. luc verpoest is Professor of Architectural History and Conservation at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation. contributors Arlette Auduc (Conservatrice du patrimoine, Paris), Marnix Beyen (Universiteit Antwerpen), Zsuzsanna Böröcz (Antwerpen), Jo Braeken (Vlaams Instituut voor het Onroerend Erfgoed, Brussel), Wolfgang Cortjaens (Herzogenrath), Gaby Dolff-Bonekamper (Technische Universität Berlin), Emmanuel Doutriaux (École d'architecture Paris Val de Seine), Fredie Floré (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Universiteit Gent), Céline Frémaux (Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris), Patrice Gourbin (École d’architecture de Rouen), Patrick Jaspers (Leuven), Marieke Kuipers (Technische Universiteit Delft), Ivana Lazanja (Zagreb/Brussel), Arjen Looyenga (†), Leen Meganck (Vlaams Instituut voor het Onroerend Erfgoed, Brussel), Benoît Mihail (Historische Dienst van de Politie, Brussel), Anne Moignet-Gaultier (Paris), Nicolas Padiou (Technische Universität Dresden), Gilles Ragot (École d'architecture et de paysage de Bordeaux), Evert Vandeweghe (Universiteit Gent), Christine Vaque-Blanchet (Piolenc), Danièle Voldman (Université de Paris 1)

Recently published in the series Kadoc Artes Maurice Denis et la Belgique, 1890>1930, Cathérine Verleysen €65,00, isbn 978 90 5867 808 9, 2010, French

Loci Sacri

Understanding Sacred Places Thomas Coomans, Herman De Dijn, Jan De Maeyer, Rajesh Heynickx, Bart Verschaffel (eds)

Sacred places have long exercised a special fascination. Sacred places are not static entities but reveal a historical dynamic. They are the result of cultural developments and have varied multidimensional levels of significance. They are places where time is, as it were, suspended, and they are points where holy times and holy places meet. Sacred places are places apart. It is this specificity in the context of the Christian religions of the West that Loci Sacri wishes to unveil by bringing together specialists from various disciplines, countries, and Christian denominations. One of the questions is why some sites have for centuries proven to be so popular while others have not. Another topic is the way in which extraordinary natural sites have been designated as sacred and given new meaning, primarily by means of architecture. Loci Sacri also explores the ‘eternal’ character of this sacred status.

thomas coomans is Professor of Architectural History and Conservation at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. herman de dijn is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy, K.U. Leuven. jan de maeyer is Professor of Religion History (19th-20th c) and Director of kadoc (Documentation and Research Center for Religion, Culture and Society), K.U. Leuven rajesh heynickx teaches Art History at Universiteit Antwerpen and Sint-Lucas Architectuur Gent-Brussel. bart verschaffel is Professor of Architectural Theory at Universiteit Gent. contributors David N. Bell (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Charles Caspers (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), Thomas Coomans (K.U. Leuven), Herman De Dijn (K.U. Leuven), Maarten Delbeke (Universiteit Gent), Rajesh Heynickx (Sint-Lucas Gent-Brussel), Lindsay Jones (Ohio State University), Terryl N. Kinder (St Michael’s College, Colchester), Lucie Morisset (Université du Quebec, Montréal), Luc Noppen (Université du Quebec, Montréal), Jamie C. Scott (University of York, Toronto), Paul Vandenbroeck (K.U. Leuven), Pierre Van Hecke (K.U. Leuven), Armand Veilleux (Trappists of Scourmont), Bart Verschaffel (Universiteit Gent), Liliane Voyé (Université Catholique de Louvain) € 39,50 isbn 978 90 5867 842 3 12/2010 17 x 23,8 cm Paperback ca. 256 p. Illustrated nur 648 Kadoc Studies on Religion, Culture and Society 8 English

Recently published in the series Kadoc Studies on Religion, Culture and Society The Maritain Factor. Taking Religion into Interwar Modernism, Rajesh Heynickx & Jan De Maeyer (eds) €32,50, isbn 978 90 5867 714 3, 2010, English