Karel Vereycken, peintre-graveur et historien

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Oeuvres récentes

Gravures, aquarelles, dessins, lavis, écrits.

Toutes les gravures

Gravures, etching, printmaking, aquatintes, vernis mou, roulette, pointe sèche, trait.

Index de toutes les études Renaissance

Index d'articles sur l'histoire de l'art et monographies d'artistes.

Toutes les aquarelles

Aquarelles, watercolors, lavis, etc.

Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on juin 2, 2024

Thanks to WEST’s new record, world’s nuclear fusion community moving forward

nuclear fusion ahead

On Monday May 27, 2024, Karel Vereycken talked to physicist and nuclear fusion specialist Alain Bécoulet for Nouvelle Solidarité. He has been in charge of the ITER project’s engineering department since February 2020. ITER is a large-scale scientific experiment intended to prove the viability of fusion as an energy source.Read More…

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mai 19, 2024

1953-1968: When « Water for Peace » was at the Center of US Politics

By Karel Vereycken, May 2024. The current unprecedented bloody extermination of the Palestinians in Gaza reminds historians of some of the darkest pages of European history. Between 1940 and 1943, some 300,000 Jews confined in the Ghetto of Warsaw were killed by bullet or gas, combined with 92,000 victims ofRead More…

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mai 11, 2024

Argenteuil, parc de la bourse du Travail

Argenteuil, derrière la bourse du Travail.

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mai 2, 2024

How James Ensor ripped off the mask off the oligarchy

Ensor behind the mask

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on avril 26, 2024

Avec le peintre James Ensor, arrachons le masque à l’oligarchie !

Ensor derrière les masques

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on avril 14, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: Van Eyck, Rolin and the Peace of Arras (Paris)

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on avril 11, 2024

Le Bac (d’après Pierre Billet)

Un bac en baie de Somme. Copie d’après une gravure de Pierre Billet.

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 25, 2024

LOUVRE AUDIO GUIDE: Antonello de Messina in the Image of Christ

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 25, 2024

LOUVRE AUDIO GUIDE: Mona Lisa made in China?

It’s the landscape, stupid !

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 25, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: short note before starting your visit at the Louvre

Want to visit the Louvre?

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 25, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: The rigor of Mantegna’s crucifixion (Paris)

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 25, 2024

LOUVRE AUDIO GUIDE: Rembrandt, sculptor of light

Rembrandt paints with his mind.

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 25, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: Cimabue, Giotto, Fra Angelico; Wonders of the Italian Trecento (Paris)

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 25, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: Why Vermeer was hiding his convictions (Paris)

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 25, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: Ghirlandaio’s immortality

Guess what is the title of this work?

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 24, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: Why Leonardo didn’t like painting (Paris)

Leonardo: not painting as usual.

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 24, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: How Bosch’s Ship of Fools drove the Jester out of business (Paris)

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 24, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: Why Erasmus had no time to pause for portraits (Paris)

Holbein’s portrait of Erasmus

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 24, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE : Van der Weyden and Cusanus

Cusanus and Van der Weyden

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Posted by: Karel Vereycken | on mars 24, 2024

ARTKAREL AUDIO GUIDE: The Greek tradition behind the Fayum Mummy Portraits (Paris)

Behind the Fayum Mommy Portraits stands the science of greek classical painting.

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