Tournai
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| - | The '''Temple des passions humaines''' (in [[French language|French]]), or '''Tempel van de menselijke driften''' (in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]) is a pavillion in the form of a temple designed and built by [[Victor Horta]] at the [[Cinquantenaire|Parc du Cinquantenaire]] in [[Brussels]]. | + | '''Tournai''' (in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''Doornik'', in [[Latin language|Latin]]: ''Tornacum'') is a [[Walloon Region|Walloon]] [[city]] and [[Municipalities in Belgium|municipality]] of [[Belgium]] located 85 kilometres southwest of [[Brussels]], on the river [[Scheldt]], in the province of [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]]. |
| - | It was designed to serve as a permanent showcase for a large marble [[relief]] [[frieze]] by [[Jef Lambeaux]] that depicts the human passions. | + | It (along with [[Tongeren]]<!-- Tongeren does not reference here. -->) is the oldest city in Belgium and it has played an important role in the country's cultural history. |
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| - | + | *[[Musée des Beaux-Arts Tournai]] | |
| - | This work of art had been very controversial at the time of its first presentation (1886) because it also depicted the "negative" passions of mankind such as war and rape. The unveiled way in which Lambeaux depicted the male and female nude was also highly debated. | + | |
| - | Horta first designed an open temple - without the wall and bronze doors behind the colonnade - so that the relief would always be visible for passers-by (including children). Under pressure of the public opinion and the authorities Horta had to alter his plans. Since the 19th century the building was almost permanently closed. In recent years this was not due to the prudish public, but out of fear for vandalism. | + | |
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| - | The edifice shows the first steps of the young Victor Horta towards [[Art Nouveau]] architecture. He designed an almost "organic" interpretation of a classical temple, without completely abolishing any reference to an historical style. | + | |
| - | After [[World War I]] Horta would return to this "classicism" in his designs for the [[Centre for Fine Arts|Palais des Beaux-Arts]] and the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts Tournai|Musée des Beaux-Arts]] in [[Tournai]]. | + | |
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Tournai (in Dutch Doornik, in Latin: Tornacum) is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut.
It (along with Tongeren) is the oldest city in Belgium and it has played an important role in the country's cultural history.
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