. The spell of Flanders; an outline of the history, legends and art of Belgium's famous northern provinces, being the story of a twentieth century pilgrimage in a sixteenth century land just before the outbreak of the great war . atchurch was -nearly as we see it now by theyear 1511. The upper part of the tower iscomparatively modern, dating from 1846, andthe spire from 1871. While it has been crit-icised by some as ungainly and cumbrous, theeffect of this tower, from whatever angle itmay be viewed, is very pleasing. The highlights and shadows on a sunny morning, orlate in the afternoon, make
. The spell of Flanders; an outline of the history, legends and art of Belgium's famous northern provinces, being the story of a twentieth century pilgrimage in a sixteenth century land just before the outbreak of the great war . atchurch was -nearly as we see it now by theyear 1511. The upper part of the tower iscomparatively modern, dating from 1846, andthe spire from 1871. While it has been crit-icised by some as ungainly and cumbrous, theeffect of this tower, from whatever angle itmay be viewed, is very pleasing. The highlights and shadows on a sunny morning, orlate in the afternoon, make it far more beauti-ful than its sister of Notre Dame, while againstthe grey cloud masses of a typical Flemish skyits huge tawny mass stands out sharp andclear, the embodiment of majesty and interior of the church is very large,measuring three hundred and thirty-one feetby one hundred and twenty-five feet, with anextreme width of one hundred and seventy-four feet across the transepts. Its polychromedecorations and stained glass windows aremodern. In another place the wealth of arttreasures in this church would merit a chap-ter, but in Bruges they are so overshadowedby the many masterpieces to be seen elsewhere. THE LAST SUPPER. THIERRY BOUTS. The Pall of Charles the Bold 307 that we felt somewhat satiated after such afeast and spent very little time looking at thepictures here. The most famous one is a Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus, by DierickBouts, which is interesting because so few ex-amples of this primitive master are in exist-ence. It is a triptych, the central panel show-ing the saint about to be torn to pieces by wildhorses, on the left an incident in the life of thesaint, and on the right the donors. The lastpicture has been attributed by many critics toHugo Van der Goes, and for many years theentire picture was thought to be the work ofMemling. Bouts delighted in unpleasant sub-jects, which he depicted with great , or Thierry, Bouts settled at
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