The essays collected in this volume explore how and by what means, from
antiquity to the present day, the notion of 'the right moment' has been
defined, visualized, and experienced. The authors approach the subject
from a range of disciplines and often work at the intersection of
several of them, including the history of art and architecture,
philosophy and art theory, classics and comparative literature, the
history of religion and theology, and anthropology. In addition to
scholarly exposes, the book contains a number of personal musings and
artistic reflections on 'the right moment' in various forms and kinds of
imagination - visual, literary, and philosophical. The Right Moment
originates in a festive symposium held at the Francqui Foundation in
Brussels on 18 and 19 October 2018 in honour of Barbara Baert, Laureate
of the 2016 Francqui Prize in Human Sciences. "The statue of ... lives,"
Barbara Baert wrote, "and it lets its powers gently glow to the surface
for those who recognize him. But for those who miss him, a sharp and
bitter trail remains." A celebratory publication with contributions by
Inigo Bocken, Angelos Chaniotis, James Clifton, Johan De Groef, Ralph
Dekoninck, Greti Dinkova-Bruun, Pierre-Antoine Fabre, Catherine Harper,
Stephanie Heremans, Elisabeth Hsu, Mateusz Kapustka, Bianca Kuhnel, Han
Lamers, W.J.T. Mitchell, Herman Parret, Miri Rubin, Hedwig Schwall,
Davide Stimilli, Victor Stoichita, Stephane Symons, Laura Tack, Philippe
Van Cauteren, Koenraad Van Cleempoel, Anne van Herreweghen, Pierre Van
Moerbeke, Bart Verschaffel, and Marina Vicelja-Matijasic.
