I want to know why a dry explanation in #German over a deep dark technobeat works so well?

Does it mean that I can make a really long and boring explanation of a #Minecraft #CreateMod contraption in #Flemish and use it as lyrics for a #techno song?

Belgium set for new govt after long talks – World https://www.byteseu.com/710249/ #Belgium #Coalition #DE #election #flemish #Government #king #parties #prime #wever

The Belgian political space – two worlds, one nation? https://www.byteseu.com/626352/ #BelgianPolitics #Belgium #ConservativeFlanders #Elections #flanders #flemish #FrancophoneBelgium #Politics #ProgressiveWallonia #wallonia

Okay guys I know it's me having a weird obsession with a language that almost no one is willing to learn but would anyone be interested in a blog with more than english and french to Dutch translation and common learning courses but dedicated to ressources I actually like & use?
With learning ressources ofc but also books in Dutch, podcast, tv shows, tips, Radio, music Presentation of Dutch bands and songs? #dutch #netherlands #flemish #belgium #netherlands #language #languagelearning

Market in the Square (1566) by Flemish painter Joachim Beuckelaer (1533-1574). He lived and worked in Antwerp, so the painting likely depicts the Antwerp market square.

https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/market-in-the-square-1566-joachim-beuckelaer-1533-1574.html

Portrait of a Lady - with a dog - by Catharina van Hemessen c. 1528–after 1587. She is the earliest known female #Flemish painter whose work can be clearly verified as hers.
(The National Gallery, London)

January 16 - the birthday of Lucas Achtschellinck (1626-1699) - a #Flemish landscape painter, counted among the landscape painters active in #Brussels referred to as the School of Painters of the Sonian Forest who all shared an interest in depicting scenes set in the Sonian Forest, which is located near Brussels.

https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/the-sonian-forest-with-travellers-on-a-path-lucas-achtschellinck.html

First time participating in the #30DayMapChallenge .
Topic: "How are charging points for electric vehicles distributed in the #Flemish region?"

In Europe, the Netherlands and Germany are the front-runners in terms of total numbers of EV chargers.

Rare & Indispensable.

Masterpieces from Flemish collections.

Michelangelo, Magritte, Francis Bacon, Ensor, Moore and Rubens are just a few of the world-famous names on display at the MAS in autumn 2023.

https://pers.mas.be/rare--indispensable #exhibitions #Flemish #museums

If you like anti-fascist hard punk, and especially if you speak #Flemish, #Dutch or #German (in increasing order of difficulty) and can figure out Afrikaans lyrics - then you have got to listen to #fokofpolisiekar . And if you need me to translate anything with maximum retention or deeper poetic meaning, I'll gladly oblige.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=AkxObFRD7fU&feature=share
20 years ago - these guys gave voice to my generation of disillusioned children of the architects of apartheid as we came to terms with the aftermath

Still-Life with Crayfish, Oysters, and Fruit (late 1600s or early 1700s) by a follower of #Flemish painter Cornelis de Heem (1631–1695).
The porcelain bowl in this painting most likely came from China. Political turbulence in China effectively eliminated ceramic imports to the West by the 1640s, so the bowl would have been considered at least as valuable as the gold object on the table.

https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/1-still-life-with-crayfish-oysters-and-fruit-cornelis-de-heem.html

Cztery żywioły – Louis Finson (1611)

May 19 - the birthday of Flemish painter Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). He was a prolific artist who created biblical, mythological, and allegorical compositions, genre scenes, landscapes, illustrations of Flemish sayings, and portraits. As well as being a successful painter, he was a prominent designer of tapestries and prints.

https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/the-feast-of-the-bean-king-1645-jacob-jordaens.html

We don't have an exact birthdate for #Flemish artist Jan van Kessel the Elder, but he was baptised #OTD (5 Apr 1626) so here are the 2 versions of his #caterpillars & #snakes signature (+some bonus #spiders for #BeKindToSpidersWeek - #PleaseNoSquish), all oil paintings on copper:

1.1657 (single panel)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_van_Kessel_(I)_-_Garden_and_house_spiders_with_grass_snakes_and_caterpillars_contorted_and_entwined_to_spell_the_artist%27s_name.jpg

2 c.1660s (detail from The Continent of Europe central panel)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kessel,_Jan_van,_Sr._-_Europa_-_Detail_%22Ian_van_Kessel%22.jpg

3. 1658 (detail from a 17-panel set)
https://www.osgf.org/pioneers-of-natural-history-blogs-posts/2022/11/28/shiny-furry-glossy-scaly-insects-on-copper-by-jan-van-kessel-i

#January 13, 1625
#OTD Jan #Brueghel the Elder, #Flemish #Flower #Painter & #Landscape #Artist, died.

He believed flowers should be painted Alla Prima (w/ live specimens) & he was among the 1st to paint #Garland-s for religious figures.

A friend of #Rubens, Jan's nicknames of "#Velvet" or "#Flower" referred to his delicate brushwork.

He wrote Cardinal Federico Borromeo about his #Painting writing,

"Your excellency must judge for himself [whether] the flowers... surpass #Gold &
#Jewels."