A history of Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day . Hubert and ^an Van ADORATION OF THE LAMB {SAINT BAVON, GHENT).The Annunciation (exterior of the shutters). THE BROTHERS VAN EVCK 133 and in which luxurious garments and colours areonly employed to enhance the glory of God. * * Painting stands foremost among the achieve-ments of the Burgundian period. Here again thedifference of language does not hamper thegenius of the nation. While in music the Walloonelement dominates, the Flemish dominates in Art;but it must be clearly stated that, in this branch,as in all other bran
A history of Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day . Hubert and ^an Van ADORATION OF THE LAMB {SAINT BAVON, GHENT).The Annunciation (exterior of the shutters). THE BROTHERS VAN EVCK 133 and in which luxurious garments and colours areonly employed to enhance the glory of God. * * Painting stands foremost among the achieve-ments of the Burgundian period. Here again thedifference of language does not hamper thegenius of the nation. While in music the Walloonelement dominates, the Flemish dominates in Art;but it must be clearly stated that, in this branch,as in all other branches of Burgundian civiUza-tion, the two parts of the country are stronglyrepresented, and that the title of Flemish Schoolof Painting is therefore misleading when referringto Belgian painting of the fifteenth century. The greatest name associated with the period isthat of the brothers Jan and Hubert Van Eyck,and the work which naturally comes to the mind,when thinking of them, is the monumental altar-piece which they painted for Jos. Vyt, lord ofPamele, to be
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