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15th century Flemish masterpiece still inspires
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/01/15 - 21:50. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Fine Arts | FlemishThe Portinari Altarpiece, a three-part Flemish religious painting created by Hugo van der Goes in the late 15th century, was sent as a gift to the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova. Martin Gayford looks at the importance of the painting for The Spectator (photo)
Modern Belgians live medieval lives
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2007/04/20 - 23:09. 1301 CE to 1400 CE | Flemish | Modern SocietyIvonne Janssens and Daniel Grandjean are modern people who live parttime in a medieval world. The Belgian husband and wife have convinced the city fathers of Aarschot to allow them to inhabit the 700-year-old Sint-Rochus tower as a 14th century duchess and her mercenary husband.
New exhibit of northern European art at the National Gallery
Submitted by Karen on Tue, 2006/11/14 - 00:06. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Exhibits | Fine Arts | FlemishPrayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych will be on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, through February 4.
Close Up: the Unicorn Tapestries
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2006/11/05 - 13:53. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Flemish | Textile ArtsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has provided an online source for viewing their famous Unicorn Tapestries. The website invites visitors to zoom in for close up details of the designs.
Devonshire Tapestries Get Face Lift
Submitted by JaneStockton on Mon, 2006/09/04 - 23:15. Embroidery | Exhibits | Fine Arts | Flemish | FrenchOne of only three full sets of surviving Flemish or French tapestries has been taken down from display at the Victoria and Albert Museum for cleaning and restoration.
Today in the Middle Ages: July 11, 1302
Submitted by Ursula on Tue, 2006/07/11 - 14:49. 1301 CE to 1400 CE | Armoured Combat | Chivalry (historical) | Equestrian Combat | Flemish | French | Today in the Middle AgesInsurgent Flemish peasants shocked the chivalry of Europe by defeating the occupying French cavalry at Courtrai (modern Kortrijk) on July 11, 1302.
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Today in the Middle Ages: June 28, 1577
Submitted by Ursula on Wed, 2006/06/28 - 15:21. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Fine Arts | Flemish | Today in the Middle AgesOn June 28, 1577, the great baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens was born in Westphalia.
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Today in the Middle Ages: June 17, 900
Submitted by Ursula on Sat, 2006/06/17 - 16:18. 801 CE to 900 CE | Flemish | French | Today in the Middle AgesOn June 17, 900, Fulk, the Archbishop of Reims, was assassinated by the Count of Flanders, who was excommunicated as a result.
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Exhibit on Flemish engravings on display in Minneapolis
Submitted by Karen on Tue, 2004/12/14 - 12:49. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | European | Exhibits | Fine Arts | Flemish"Flemish Fantasia: Invention and Imagination in Sixteenth Century Flemish Engravings" is on display at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts through February 27, 2005.
Renaissance Prayer Book Discovered at Hertfordshire School
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2003/12/10 - 20:36. BBC News | FlemishA Renaissance prayer book, valued at £1m, last seen in 1862, was recently
rediscovered at St Edmund's College in Ware, England.
15th Century "Comic Strips" on Display
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2003/12/03 - 21:25. FlemishThe Guardian: "Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe", is at the Royal Academy of Arts from November 29, 2003 until February 22, 2004.
