Revisiting Louis Roelandt’s Aula Academica: Interior Decoration and Visitor Experience in Early 19th-Century Belgian Architecture

Since the inauguration of the Aula Academica in Ghent in 1826, its grand proportions and lavish decoration have impressed visitors. An examplar of tasteful, neoclassical architecture, the university building soon joined the list of Belgium’s canonical buildings. The Aula was the first commission of...

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Main Author: Pieter-Jan Cierkens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-11-01
Series:Architectural Histories
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Online Access:https://journal.eahn.org/articles/287