Flanders: A Cultural HistoryOxford University Press, USA, 11. juni 2007 - 296 sider Andre de Vries explores the varied landmarks of Flanders, both rural and urban, to reveal this region's unique character. Considering great cities such as Ghent, Antwerp, and Bruges, he traces the development of a civic culture based on both trade and ideas, in which religion and language play a vital part. Looking too at the Flemish countryside, he explains the role of festivals and folk culture, gluttony and pleasure, in the survival of a strongly local identity. |
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... style of the Brussels - born painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier . Gustave van de Woestijne ( 1881-1947 ) was one of a number who used local farm workers as models for monumental portraits with overtones of early Christian saints ...
... style of the Brussels - born painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier . Gustave van de Woestijne ( 1881-1947 ) was one of a number who used local farm workers as models for monumental portraits with overtones of early Christian saints ...
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... style . The city centre is a more or less Baroque - free zone , with a purity of style lacking in most Flemish cities , and there are few places that can compete with Bruges for a concentrated cityscape of medieval - style streets and ...
... style . The city centre is a more or less Baroque - free zone , with a purity of style lacking in most Flemish cities , and there are few places that can compete with Bruges for a concentrated cityscape of medieval - style streets and ...
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... style ) found in the region between Doornik ( Tournai ) and Ghent and typified by corner towers , round pillars and carved capitals . The church is in a mixture of styles , the oldest part being the central aisle from the thirteenth ...
... style ) found in the region between Doornik ( Tournai ) and Ghent and typified by corner towers , round pillars and carved capitals . The church is in a mixture of styles , the oldest part being the central aisle from the thirteenth ...
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