The term Flemish painting refers to works produced from the 15th to the 17th centuries in the region that approximately coincides with modern-day Belgium.

Oil painting was among the main relevant advances in art made during the Renaissance. This new medium is documented already in the 11th century, but were the Northern Renaissance painters, among which Jan van Eyck, that at the beginning of the fifteenth century made wide use of it and spread its use in Europe.

The main advantages of oil paints are their flexibility and depth of colour. They can be applied in many different ways, from thin glazes diluted with turpentine to dense thick impasto. Because it is slow to dry, artists can continue working the paint for much longer than other types of paint.

Developed originally in Flanders, the method became known as the “Flemish Technique.” This method of painting requires a rigid surface on which to work, one that has been primed pure white, as well as a very precise line drawing. …

A self-identifying Flemish person is in most cases a citizen from Belgium, as is witnessed by other answers. And such a person could also be French citizen, from the region called ‘French Flanders’, close to the Belgian (Flemish) border.

beautiful → mooi, schoon, prachtig. beautiful → mooi, worden, schoon, fraai, knap, net.

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Flemish is really similar to Afrikaans, not in terms of grammar and vocabulary and the way it’s spoken. I went to South-Africa for a few months and I could speak Flemish to someone who spoke Afrikaans and we would understand each other perfectly. Standard Flemish is almost identical to standard Dutch.

Belgians (Dutch: Belgen, French: Belges, German: Belgier) are people identified with the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe.

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13 Famous People From Belgium You Should Know

• Charles V. While there was not necessarily a ‘Belgium’ at the time, Emperor Charles V was born in 1500 within Ghent, a Flemish city that was part of the Low Countries.
• Gerardus Mercator.
• Peter Paul Rubens.
• Adolphe Sax.
• Maurice Maeterlinck.
• Victor Horta.
• Georges Lemaître.
• René Magritte.

Answer: The Dutch were powerful in Belgium, as their population was much higher than French and other Communities. The minority French speaking community was relatively rich and powerful in Belgium

French speakers got the benefit of economic development. . They were well-qualified and educated. Because of their qualifications and education, they were well-settled and thus, rich and powerful

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in belgium, the minority dutch-speaking community was relatively rich and powerful than the majority french-speaking community

Historically speaking, what we now know as Flanders has always been richer than the region we now call Wallonia. The reason was simple; the flatter land, the many rivers and proximity of the coast made a very good location for trade.

Brussels was originally a Dutch-speaking city (Brabantian dialect to be exact), but it was francised in the 19th and 20th centuries and is now officially bilingual in French and Dutch (although largely French-speaking in practice).

Unlike countries that are ripped apart from within by religious or ethnic differences, Belgium’s division rests mostly upon the fact that its Walloon inhabitants mostly speak dialects of French and its Flemish inhabitants mostly speak Dutch (a slight variation also called Flemish).

The Flemish or Flemings (Dutch: Vlamingen [ˈvlaːmɪŋə(n)] ( listen)) are a West Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, in modern Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch. They are one of two principal ethnic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons.

listen); Walloon: Walons) are a Romance ethnic group native to Belgium, principally its southern region of Wallonia, who primarily speak langues d’oïl such as Belgian French, Picard and Walloon. Walloons are a distinctive ethnic community within Belgium.

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In essence, a Dutch speaker will be able to understand a Flemish speaker and respond back, and the same goes for the opposite. Dutch people also often mention that the Flemish dialect sounds softer. This is because the Dutch language makes use of stronger tones.

Officially dutch and flemish are the same. Flemish is just the dutch spoken in the Flanders region of Belgium. Thus far the definitions. Together the citizens of Flanders and The Netherlands have a load of dialects.

An increasing number of Flemish people and French speakers in Belgium speak at least a second and even a third language. These days, there is little chance that you will meet anyone here who does not speak English. As a result, you can often also speak English in informal situations throughout Belgium.

Say nein to say no in German. It is an official language of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy (South Tyrol), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Switzerland. You can say “no way” in German by saying, Auf keinen Fall. Nicht is the equivalent of not in English.

What is Belgium famous for? Belgium is world-famous for its chocolate, waffles, beer, and its national football team, the Red Devils. Belgium is also home to NATO headquarters and also to the European Parliament. Brussels is often referred to as the ‘capital of the EU’

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