ARTS
Architecture
At the time of the Romanesque art, the country is initially opened with the Rhenish influences: starting from XIIè century, it is the French inspiration which prevails. Among the principal monuments of this time: the small church of Those, close to Dinant, that of St Barthélemy in Liege, the Collegial one of Soignies, to 15 km of Mons, and especially the Cathedral of Turned of XIIè century (ch.ur of the XIII' century). The Gothic style created many wonders, in particular in Flanders: town halls of Audenaerde, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent and Leuwen, markets of Bruges and Ypres, the castle of the counts in Ghent, and among the famous churches, St Michel in Brussels, St Martin in Ypres, the Cathedral of Antwerp, St Rombaut in Malines, St Jacques in Liege and Ste Waudru in Mons the rebirth which, in Belgium, does not continue that in the medium of XVIè century created inter alia the town hall and the Plantin house in Antwerp, and law courts to Malignant. the time baroque (XVIIè century) produced several of the beautiful houses of the Corporations on the Town square of Brussels, the churches of the Jesuits in Antwerp and Malines, and the church of Béguinage in Brussels. With the period baroque, the apogee of architecture in Belgium ends. Classicisme of the XVIII"still creates the beautiful whole of the royal Place of Brussels, then, in XIXè, they are Stock Exchange of Antwerp and Brussels, and the enormous Law courts of the capital.
Sculpture
Among chief-of uvre of the Romanesque art one will admire the "mounting of Our-Lady" of Nicolas de Verdun, in the treasure of the cathedral of Turned and the baptismal tank To disavow of Huy with St-Barthelemy de Liége. There remains only little of the Gothic sculpture in Belgium. It is necessary to mention the sculptures of collegial Our-Darne with Huy and that of Our-Darne in Hal. the largest sculptor of the rebirth was Cornélis Floris (see the gate vault of St-Léonard with Léau (Zoutleeuw) and jubé of the cathedral of Turned). After a short flowering at the time baroque, the Belgian sculpture knew a revival only in second half of XIXè' century, with Constantin Meunier.
Paintings
Gothic painting had its first apogee about 1400 in Flanders with the brothers van Eyck. Among the many significant painters of XVème century one thinks initially of Roger of Pasture (Rogen van der Weyden), in Thierry (Dirk) Botus de Haarlem and with the other Dutchman, Hugo van der Goes, in Hans Memling, originating in Mainz, with his successor Gerard David and the Netherlander Jerome (Hieronymus) Bosch, the Flemish rebirth starts with Quentin Metsys and Jan Mabuse: it finds its climax with Breughel the Old one and its school painting baroque is entirely under the Sign of the large Pierre-Paul Rubens, with whom it Flemish art owes his most brilliant works. But of other painters illustrated XVIIIè century, whose Antoine van Dyck, raises of Rubens, Jacques Jordaens, David Teniers, Adrien Brouwer and Corneille of Your. After the decline of painting with the XVIII"century, one needed the arrival of the French Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), who lived in Brussels since 1816, to give him a new breath. Among the painters of XIXè, we will mention Antoine Wiertz (1806-65) and the Impressionist Alfred Stevens, James Ensor, Rene Magritte and Paul Delvaux count among the great painters of the XX' century.
Some Famous Belgian Artists
Jerome BOSCH (of his true name Jeroem van Aeken, about 1450-1516), painter: celebrate in particular for its fantastic allegories. Thierry (Dierck) ENDS (about 1415-75), one of the Dutch great painters Jacques BREL (1929-78), author, type-setter and interprets. One of the largest French-speaking singers who will have known to sing like anybody the Life, the love and death Pierre (Pieter) BREUGHEL the Old one (1525-69), the Flemish great painter of his time: scenes of peasants and landscapes fantastic. Charles of COSTER (1827-1829), writer and novelist of French language. "Thyl Uylensplegel and Lamme Goedzak", "Brabançonnes Stories". Gerard DAVID (1460-1523), painter originating in Oudewater (Netherlands), Antoine van DYCK (1599-1641), one of the great painters of XVIIè century: worked in Antwerp, London and Gènes: portraits and religious works. James ENSOR (1860-1949), painter originating in Ostend: the modern art influenced in a decisive way, its most known table is "the Entry of Christ in Brussels". Hubert van EYCK (about 1370-1426) and Jean van EYCK (about 1390-1440), first Flemish great painters: the most famous work of the two brothers is the "Retable of Ghent", "the Mystical Lamb" (Cathedral St-Bavon). César FRANCK (1822-1890), born with Liége, one of the large type-setters of second half of the XIX"century Guido GEZELLE (1830-99), the largest Flemish lyric poet Hugues Hugo van DER GOES (about 1435-81), painter of the Gothic time Jacques JORDAENS (1593-1678), painter of the Flemish baroque country scenes and mythology. Jean MABUSE (of his true name Jan Gossaert: about 1478-1533), painter of the Flemish rebirth Maurice MAETERLINCK (1862-19491poète and writer: "life of the ants", "life of the bees", "Pelléas and Mélisande": Nobel Prize 1911. Rene MAGRITTE (1896-1967), one of the surrealist painters most original; Quentin MASSYS (or Metsys, about 1466-1530), Flemish painter with the threshold of the rebirth. Hans MEMLING (about 1435-1494), born in Seligenstadt on the Hand: worked in Bruges (the mounting of Holy Ursule) Constantin MILLER (1831-1905), sculptor, works representing of the workmen, the peasants and the minors
Henri MICHAUX, born in Namur in 1899, one of the Masters of modern poetry and the literature of voyage Roger OF the PASTURE (Roger van der Weyden: about 1400-1464), born in Tournai: one of the first Belgian painters. Charles PLISNIER (1896-1952), novelist and poet ("Forged passports ", "Marriages", "Murder", "Mothers" the first foreigner to receive the Price Goncourt (1937). George RODENBACH (1855-98), Poet: "Bruges the Dead", novel Pierre-Paul the RUBENS (1577-1640), born in Siegen (Westphalia), most eminent of the Flemish painters of the baroque: author of more than 600 works mythological, religious and historical subjects, portraits, landscapes. Alfred STEVENS (1828-1906), painter, the first of the Belgian impressionists. Stijn STREUVELS (of its true name Frank Lateur, born in 1871), novelist. David TENIERS (1610-90), Flemish painter, popular scenes, landscapes. Felix TIMMERMANS (1886-1947), poet and Flemish illustrator: "the Jesus child in Flanders", "Pallieter", "the Ivory flute" and other tales. Henry van of VELDE (1863-19571architecte and creative industrialist: one of the fathers of "the art nouveau" and the modern "design". Emile VERHAEREN (1855-1916), poet Symbolist. Crow (Cornelis) OF YOUR (15851651), Flemish painter, portraitist, Crow of VRIENDT (also Cornelis Flowered, 1514-75), the largest architect and sculptor of the Flemish rebirth.