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bruges: frozen when things went fatally wrong
If Bruges had not existed it might have been invented by the Neo-Gothics of the nineteenth century. Its significant paintings are genuinely Pre-Raphaelite, its urban prospects picturesque, and its appeal to the literary mind certain. Nearly all of its architecture … Continue reading
A FALLING TIDE LIFTS ALL EGOS
there were some wild times in Bruges. It was a city that had the virtue of living dangerously for a while. Their innovations on medieval financing through the Bill of Exchange and expertise as serving as a market maker that … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Albrecht Durer, Baldwin Iron Arm, Bruges, Charles the Bold, Froissart Chronicles, Gerard David, Hans Memling, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, History of Bruges, Isabella of Portugal, James M. Murray, Jan van Eyck, Jean C. Wilson, Jean Froissart, Madame de Beaugrant, Marc Boone, Morris L. Cohen, Philip the Good, Southey, Victor Hugo, William Wordsworth
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