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[THE BASILICA OF KOEKELBERG]With this brochure you can discover the basilica, alone or in group.

NATIONAL BASILICA OF THE SACRED HEART KOEKELBERG

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General Information

You will visit some places in and outside the basilica, alone or in group. You can find the places to visit in the titles.

You will visit the following places:

The exterior of the basilica The interior of the basilica The Museum of Modern Religious Art The panorama

Alone or in group you will try to solve the questions in this brochure. If you have a problem, you can ask your guide for more information.

In this brochure, you will meet a little girl. Her name is Rose. Rose will tell you more about the places where you have to solve a question. Rose knows the solutions.

Good luck!

How does it work?

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Do you know King Leopold II? No? I will tell you something more about him, because he gave the order to built the basilica.

Leopold II was the second king of Belgium. He was fascinated by the basilica of the Sacred Heart in Paris. Because he liked it so much, he wanted to built a similar building on the Koekelberg plateau.The basilica is the fifth biggest church in the world.

Before you start your walk, it’s important that you know something about the history of the basilica. In the following exercise, you will see a text with missing words. This words can be found in the box. You have to fill in the words in the sentences.

Good luck!

city in the city – architect – 100 years – Albert Van Huffel – Leopold II

History

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……………………… decided to built this basilica. But he never saw the finished building, because the construction of the basilica took almost …………………………. To built something, you need workers, someone who pays everything, but also a …………………………. This man/women sees to the good execution of the plans. For the basilica, ................................................... did this. The basilica is sometimes called a .............................

I think you already heard something about this art style. Probably some of you can tell something about it. But for those who don’t know the meaning of “art-deco”, I will explain it with the following tasks:

Go outside or if you are already outside, go to a place where you can see the whole basilica.

Now you are outside, take your time to observe the basilica. Make a tour around it. In the art deco style, you can recognize other art styles. You will find some of

What is Art Deco?

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them in this pictures. Try to find out which styles fit which pictures and link them.

o Functionalism ….o Cubism ….o Expressionism ….o Modernism ….

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Inside the basilica we can also recognize the art deco style. To better identify the art deco, I recommend you to look closely to everything in the basilica. Please write down the art deco elements you recognize. (are there returning elements?)

The stairs The cupola The pillars

Write here the returning elements. ………………………………………………………………………….

In this pictures, you see two stained glass windows. Try to find them and write down the title.

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The interior of the basilica

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On this page you can create your own stained glass window. Use at least 5 elements that you find on the different stained glass windows in the basilica.

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You already saw a big part of the basilica. It’s big, isn’t it? But you didn’t see everything yet! We will now go to the museum of modern religious art from the basilica. In this museum, you will see works of art from very diverse artists. In this museum, you have to observe everything very carefully. You will have to use your both eyes for the next tasks. You can also use pencils and markers.

Please go to work number 15 (VANPARYS Luce, ‘The Cardinall’, canvas). Change the composition of the painting: draw the lines in another part of the frame. You will see that by changing the lines you get another painting.

The museum

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Go to the next painting, number 19 (ASSE Geneviève, ‘Passage of blue’, 2003, oil on canvas). You see a blue painting with some range of colouring. Draw something on this page that you link to the colour blue or to this painting. Be creative!

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Imagine a good title for this masterpiece of Joan Miró.

Title: …………………………………………………………………...

Take a look at the other paintings of Joan Miró. You can see that his works are very modern. He uses a lot of colours and different forms. Write down some of the forms you recognize:

- ………………………………………- ………………………………………- ………………………………………- ………………………………………- ………………………………………

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On the next painting, there are some parts missing. Please add them: (PIRON Anne, ‘Rosary’ 15 mysteries, number 49)

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Find the following paintings and write down the title and the artist:

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The last but maybe the best part of the basilica is the panorama. Take the lift to the fifth floor and enjoy the view over Brussels!

The basilica of Koekelberg is in Brussels. Draw or write here some of the elements thanks to which you know that we are in Brussels. Look carefully around you.

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Panorama

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Now you know a lot more about the basilica! I hope you liked your visit! See you next time!