Excavating the relationships between geography and art in late nineteenth-century Belgium

在19世纪末的比利时，分散在前哈布斯堡王朝的荷兰南部的重要文化现象被“国有化”，并被奉为民族国家融合的象征。地理和艺术，以各种关系，也参与了这一过程。荷兰南部的历史建筑和风景名胜，以及16世纪的地理学家，如Gerardus Mercator和Abraham Ortelius，都通过美术媒介作为一种“国家遗产”被代表和消费。

In late nineteenth-century Belgium, important cultural phenomena scattered over the former Habsburg Southern Netherlands were' nationalized' and enshrined as symbols of nation-state integration. Geography and art, in various relations to each other, were also involved in this process. Historic architecture and scenic landscapes in the Southern Netherlands, as well as sixteenth-century geographers such as Gerardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius, were all represented and consumed as a sort of' national heritage' through the medium of fine arts.