Bruges

The Timken Museum of art holds the painting Death of the Virgin by Petrus Christus, ca 1460-65 Putnam Foundation, oil on oak, transferred to mahogany (171.1x138.4 cm). There are six different galleries the Italian gallery, the French gallery, the American gallery, the Donna Knox sefton gallery, the Special Exhibition gallery and the Icon gallery. The Italian gallery is pink and the paintings hang from the walls on pink cords. The French gallery is a mirror image of the Italian gallery. The American gallery is a replica of the Italian gallery. Next is the Special Exhibitions gallery which currently has on display Witness to War: Callot, Goya, Bellows. The Icon gallery has green carpeted walls. Some of the pieces hang from the walls on ropes while others are mounted. The donna knox Sefton Gallery is the gallery that holds Death of the Virgin. The walls are cool grey and the paintings are mounted, the lighting is soft. Petrus Christus’s Death of the Virgin depicts the scene of the virgin Mary's death. In the middle of the painting is a bed with a red covering. Mary lays in bed holding a candle. Surrounding the bed is a group of men. Above the bed is a depiction of Mary being carried up by angels to god. In the foreground of the painting is the door to the room through which more men are entering next to the door is a red bench, alongside the bench is a man looking out a window, next to him is a table covered with a red table cloth. In the background outside the room are hills…

1. Introduction The Bruges Madonna is placed slightly above the eye level in the central baroque style niche located on the right of the main altar of the Church of the Lady in Bruges, Belgium. This sculpture was done by Michelangelo when he was around 28 -29 years old and was in the city of Florence. The statue was rumored to be initially commissioned for Pope Piccolomini altar in Siena but was later secretly sold to the Mouscrons for a better offer, if it were so it would be placed nine…

Travelling in Berlin is actually cheaper than travelling in many European countries, a fact that makes it a good destination for budget travelers. Bruges Cheapest time to travel to Bruges The cheapest time to visit Bruges is between November to March, although the weather will be harsh during this season. Average daily cost on a shoestring budget Most researches show that a budget traveller can survive well with a budget of €36 per day or $38 per day, including food at € 13 and…

The 13th Century World System The world has been economically connected since the dawn of civilization. People would travel far and wide to acquire certain luxury goods, such as Chinese silk, Indian spices, or English cotton. However, to say that this kind of global exchange was a world system in the thirteenth century would be to assume that this trade was sustainable for society at this time. However, this far-reaching trade was only for the materialistic benefit of the wealthy, not the…

Bruges had a waterway that ended in the middle of the city where ships could export and import various good through the North Sea. The city had a strong merchant class and the Medici family had their banking interests here too. The wealthy class in Bruges supported the arts, which is why painting was an economic commodity for the city. There was a large community of painters in Bruges. Antwerp was also a center of commerce. Burges canal system actually helped them become a center of commerce.…

Giotto di Bondone, of Florence, and Jan van Eyck, of Bruges were both revolutionary artist during the Late Gothic and Early Renaissance era (c. 1300-1500). However, each artist had incredibly different styles and utilized different mediums that they would later become known for. Giotto lived and worked in Florence during a period when religious subjects and styles had been laid down by centuries of tradition. As the first artist to depict human emotion, his influence put Western art on a path to…

The story Serina began in Kazimierz a suburb in Krakow in the year 1899. Serina was the carefree eldest daughter of a wealthy Jewish family, spoiled by her parents and Johanna, her Polish maid. At home on one normal Friday night, Serina watched her siblings while her parents were at shul, but that Friday night was anything but normal. For that night Serina was taken from the only home she had ever known was taken and given over to the hands of Felician nuns by non-other than her faithful family…

meaning, yet simply stood in the small, lonely park in Bruges, Belgium. It was a grey, scaffold structure built to illuminate the phrase and captivate the people walking past it, teaching us that there were places in the world beyond our imagination where it almost seems to be impossible. With trees surrounding the structure and a beautiful 12th century cathedral in front of it, the phrase described Bruges itself. The people, the culture, the food, and the beautiful views were beyond my…

Eschatological judgment is used multiple times in this book. (Anne, 828). For example, in Revelations 6:1, “The great day of wrath has come.” Many view universal judgment is depicted to be near, after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christ will return bringing judgment on the world, and a new era will begin (Christensen, 463). We are to follow Jesus, whose sacrificial death promises freedom and not torment, forgiveness and not judgment, eternal life and not death to those who…

During More’s bureaucratic trip to Belgium, a chance to visit his close friend Peter Giles develops after discussions at Bruges are stalled. Peter then introduces the cryptic character Raphael Hythloday that becomes a main focal point throughout Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. Apparently, Raphael joined the last three of the four voyages made by the famed Amerigo Vespucci to the New World. Raphael was keen to explore the world and was described by Peter to be like “Ulysses, or rather Plato”, one…