Bruges - A Travel Guide of Art and History - A comprehensive guide to the architecture, churches and art galleries of Bruges, Belgium

by Maxime Jensens

Overview

The architecture, canals and religious buildings of Bruges are treasures to behold, stocked with art of awe-inspiring significance.


Tragically, many travel guides simply brush over these beautiful creations as mere items to check off a list during sightseeing in what is the very heart of Flemish culture.


By contrast, Bruges - A Travel Guide of Art and History is designed for tourists who want to achieve in-depth understanding during their perusals. The city's wondrous achievements in painting, sculpture and design are given the detail and coverage they deserve in this companion guide. Rich yet accessible descriptions of the most significant works, guidance through the hidden gems and walks between gorgeous old buildings and canal bridges of the old town districts, abound. Resultingly, the reader is spurred to both sublime enjoyment and comprehension.


This book is designed as a companion to a more general city guide, to be read as you tour and take in the many breathtaking works of art and ancient designs which comprise old Bruges. It is these wonders that the city of Bruges, replete with its signature canals and waterways, is far from short of. The Old St. Johns Hospital and the Groeningemuseum are among the cultural attractions covered, with artworks within both detailed.


In reading this book composed by lecturer of art and heritage architecture Maxime Jensens, you will imbue your journey with enlightenment. The conclusion to your trip will be imbued not simply with happy memories of having seen and sampled the superb Flemish culture, cuisine and fine hospitality - but a vivid, intense and significant understanding of how inseparable Bruges' art and architecture are from its very fabric of being.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158102974
Publisher:	Triangle Circle Square
Publication date:	04/28/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Growing up in Brussels, Maxime Jensens developed a keen interest and sense of the historic legacies which underpin the towns of his nation. As a child, he beheld the many stunning achievements in architecture and art, whether they be on the parts of institutions such as the Christian church or individually prolific artists, sculptors or architects. Noting how these beautiful attributes seldom fail to awe visitors with their uniqueness, Jensens ambitiously aimed to make a career from their depiction, accurately relaying the past which so underpins his country.
Formerly a student of art history, Jensens today acts as a lecturer and blogger studying the old cities of both Belgium and France. Fluent in both French and English, his stated aim is to increase the awareness, appreciation and regard for his country’s art. It is to this end that this guide was published, for the benefit of visitors eager to plunge into the cultural bulwarks Belgium has to offer.