SCAtoday.net - Flemish

Medieval "beguine" movement still alive in Belgium

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:13:00 -0400

Life was tough for women in the 13th century, especially those who had lost their husbands and protectors to the Crusades. Experts believe this was the origin of the "beguines — a Roman Catholic laic order that began in the 13th century and branched across northwest Europe."

15th century Flemish masterpiece still inspires

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:50:33 -0500

The 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

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:09:13 -0400

Ivonne 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

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:06:44 -0500

Prayers 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

Sun, 5 Nov 2006 08:53:40 -0500

The 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

Mon, 4 Sep 2006 19:15:31 -0400

One 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

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:49:28 -0400

Insurgent Flemish peasants shocked the chivalry of Europe by defeating the occupying French cavalry at Courtrai (modern Kortrijk) on July 11, 1302.

Today in the Middle Ages: June 28, 1577

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:21:53 -0400

On June 28, 1577, the great baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens was born in Westphalia.

Today in the Middle Ages: June 17, 900

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:18:06 -0400

On June 17, 900, Fulk, the Archbishop of Reims, was assassinated by the Count of Flanders, who was excommunicated as a result.

Exhibit on Flemish engravings on display in Minneapolis

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:49:09 -0500

"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

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:36:49 -0500

A 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

Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:25:45 -0500

The 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.