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AN ANGEL IN BROAD DAYLIGHT: Elegance Before Passion

Within a single generation early in the fifteenth century, three Flemish artists gave final, consummate expression to the Gothic spirit. … For anyone trying to tell the history of art as a continuous development , the fifteenth century always appears … Continue reading

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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

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