Empathy, sympathy, compassion – Humanity’s cultural heritage, key to world peace
Dieses artikel in Deutsch PDFCet article en français en ligne Empathy, sympathy, compassion – Humanity’s cultural heritage, key to world peace. Speech by Karel Vereycken, painter-engraver, at the Schiller Institute’s international conference on 15 and 16 June 2024. Before talking about World Cultural Heritage, two words about the notions ofRead More…
ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE — Van Eyck’s theological metaphor in his Madonna in the Cathedral (Berlin)
Karel Vereycken, on June 15, analyzing Jan Van Eyck’s theological metaphor of light in his « Madonna in the Cathedral », at Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie, Germany. Listento the AUDIO ReadJan Van Eyck, a Flemish Painter using Arab Optics (EN online)Jan van Eyck, la beauté comme prégustation de la sagesse divine (FR en ligne)Read More…
ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE — Joachim Patinir and the Homo Viator
Karel Vereycken, commenting Joachim Patinir’s painting « The Rest on the Flight to Egypt » at the Berlin Gemäldegalerie, Germany. For more:—Joachim Patinir and the Invention of Landscape Listen to the audio Read:Quinten Matsys and Leonardo — The Dawn of the Age of Laugher and Creativity, (EN online); Квентин Массейс и Леонардо:Read More…
ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE — The culture behind Brueghel’s proverbs (Berlin)
Karel Vereycken, on June 15, analyzing the rich culture behind Bruegel’s painting The Proverbs, at Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie, Germany. For more, see articles on this website:—The Antwerp Landjuweel of 1561 that made Art a Weapon for Peace—Quinten Matsys and Leonardo, the dawn of the Age of Laughter and Creativity Listen:to theRead More…
ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE — Matsys and the Art of « The Deal » (Berlin)
Comment on Quinten Matsys‘ painting « The Deal » (aka « The Contract ») in the Gemäldegalerie of Berlin, Germany. (June 2025) For more on this artist, see my study on Matsys and Leonardo, the dawn of the Age of Laughter and Creativity. Audio: This Audio Read: Quinten Matsys and Leonardo — The DawnRead More…
Shakespeare’s lesson in Economics
Cet article en FR by Karel Vereycken As early as 1913, the very year that a handful of major Anglo-American banks set up the Federal Reserve to prevent that any form of national bank in the US fixes the rules for money and credit, Henry Farnam 1 , an economistRead More…
The 1561 Landjuweel of Antwerp made Art a Weapon for Peace
Cet article, en FR By Karel Vereycken, April 2025 Summary Introduction For foreigners it’s not always easy to accept that the countries of Northern Europe represented a peak of Renaissance culture in the XVIth century. However, those day’s Landjuweel (literally « jewel of the country ») poetry contests, mass-events with parades ofRead More…
Quinten Matsys en Da Vinci – Dageraad van louterend gelach en creativiteit
DEZE TEKSTen françaisin Englishin Russian (pdf) Inhoud Inleiding A. Culturele en filosofische kwesties van een context B. Quinten Matsys C. Enkele werken, analyses en interpretaties D. Erasmiaanse kunst van het groteske E. Slotbeschouwing Bibliografie Begin 16e eeuw vestigde Quentin Matsys (1466-1530) 1 zich als een vooraanstaand schilder in Antwerpen. HijRead More…
Britain’s Opium Wars Against China, Key to Understand the Present
On February 12, Karel Vereycken, as an independant scholar cooperating with the Schiller Institute, presented the gist of this text to the French Association Carrefour France-Sichuan (ACFS). Video footage of the one hour conference will also appear on Youtube. Summary 1. Introduction2. Deconstructing the “narrative”3. Opium, the product and itsRead More…
La défense du patrimoine culturel de l’humanité, clé d’une paix mondiale
Dieses artikel in Deutsch PDFThis article in English online Empathie, sympathie, compassion – La défense du patrimoine culturel de l’humanité, clé d’une paix mondiale. Intervention de Karel Vereycken, peintre-graveur, chercheur de l’Institut Schiller, lors de la conférence internationale de l’Institut Schiller, le 15 et 16 juin 2024. Avant de parlerRead More…