K. Bender

Gent Area, Belgium Belgium

Retired Academic

Photography / Arts

My activities are twofold: 1° A Blog 'Iconography in Art History' http://kbender.blogspot.be/ with the aim to discuss: a) Thematic Research Collections and Topical Catalogues, quantitative approaches and 'Distant Viewing' b) 'ut pictura poesis' (poetry resembles painting and vice-versa) or inter-art analogies and differences between literature (poetry, theatre, prose) and visual arts and other 'sister' arts ( music, dance, etc) with special attention to the theme of Aphrodite/Venus. 2° An ad-free website 'Venus Iconography' https://sites.google.com/site/venusiconography/ The 'Topical Catalogues', which I publish, ..