Where: Brussels, Belgium
When: January 18-20, 2013
With: Dave
When the book had this as an entry, I will totally admit: I had no idea what art nouveau means. So for my own benefit, I have looked it up and found it means "an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art - especially the decorative arts - that was most popular during 1890 - 1910; highly stylized with organic curves and new materials". I still don't really know what the means. So the best way to find out was to explore what was considered art nouveau in Brussels.
The best example we found (thanks to the guidance of the book) was a small cafe called Le Falstaff. Inside, stained glass windows decorate the walls and the ceiling. We enjoyed some moules frites and beer while completely enjoying the atmosphere. There was lots of wrought iron, and I definitely saw some curves in there.
While I can't really comment on art nouveau, I can comment on comic strips after a childhood of aspiring to be a cartoonist. And this is the other form of art that is extremely prevalent in Brussels. Apparently, it is not an unusual aspiration for the youth of Brussels to be a comic book writer. On several streets were giant murals of comic book pictures. What comic, I don't know, but it added to the fun atmosphere of the city.
When: January 18-20, 2013
With: Dave
When the book had this as an entry, I will totally admit: I had no idea what art nouveau means. So for my own benefit, I have looked it up and found it means "an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art - especially the decorative arts - that was most popular during 1890 - 1910; highly stylized with organic curves and new materials". I still don't really know what the means. So the best way to find out was to explore what was considered art nouveau in Brussels.
The best example we found (thanks to the guidance of the book) was a small cafe called Le Falstaff. Inside, stained glass windows decorate the walls and the ceiling. We enjoyed some moules frites and beer while completely enjoying the atmosphere. There was lots of wrought iron, and I definitely saw some curves in there.
While I can't really comment on art nouveau, I can comment on comic strips after a childhood of aspiring to be a cartoonist. And this is the other form of art that is extremely prevalent in Brussels. Apparently, it is not an unusual aspiration for the youth of Brussels to be a comic book writer. On several streets were giant murals of comic book pictures. What comic, I don't know, but it added to the fun atmosphere of the city.
While I can't comment much on the title of this entry, I can say that art is really prevalent in Brussels and adds to the fun and quirky culture that is Belgian.
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