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Article: From Memling to Pourbus: the forgotten period. (Bruges, Belgium)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
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The time is the fifteenth century, the place Bruges: a bustling metropolis, the meeting place of diverse European states and an important financial centre. But also a city where the refined culture of the Court of Burgundy has a major influence on the international and local bourgeoisie. The Court, the bourgeoisie, and the clergy commissioned works of art that today make up the jewels of our artistic patrimony.
Yet at the end of the century Bruges suffered serious political, social and economic problems. However, the image of a city supposedly in terminal decline after 1500 is far from accurate. Bruges remained a city of European stature despite a series of setbacks. ...
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