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6 days ago · Early Netherlandish painting is the body of work by artists active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance period, once known as the Flemish Primitives. It flourished especially in the cities of Bruges, Ghent, Mechelen, Leuven, Tournai and Brussels, all in present-day Belgium.
1 day ago · Antwerp (/ ˈ æ n t w ɜːr p / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third largest city in Belgium by area at 204.51 km 2 (78.96 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin.
May 8, 2024 · Flemish: Gent. French: Gand. Recent News. May 7, 2024, 4:41 AM ET (The Guardian) Ghent students occupy university building in climate and Gaza protest. guild houses. Guild houses along the Lys River in Ghent, Belgium. Ghent, city, Flanders Region, northwestern Belgium.
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6 days ago · Map showing the language borders in Belgium today, declared in 1962. Green denotes the Flemish region and the Dutch-speaking area. In its heart, in grey, lies bilingual Brussels. The French-speaking area is in blue and the German-speaking area in yellow, together forming the Wallonian region.
1 day ago · By 1490, there were 2,000 Flemings living on the islands of Terceira, Pico, Faial, São Jorge and Flores. Because there was such a large Flemish settlement, the Azores became known as the Flemish Islands or the Isles of Flanders. Prince Henry the Navigator was responsible for this Flemish settlement.
3 days ago · Peter Paul Rubens (born June 28, 1577, Siegen, Nassau, Westphalia [Germany]—died May 30, 1640, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands [now in Belgium]) was a Flemish painter who was the greatest exponent of Baroque painting’s dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance.
May 16, 2024 · Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (born c. 1525, probably Breda, duchy of Brabant [now in the Netherlands]—died Sept. 5/9, 1569, Brussels [now in Belgium]) was the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century, whose landscapes and vigorous, often witty scenes of peasant life are particularly renowned.
