Articles related to "Pieter"

Pieter Bruegel's rendition is a symbol of his contemporary city of Antwerp.

People's attitudes toward the great outdoors determine the appeal of landscape painting. As civilization became more interested in nature, landscape painting flourished.

This Renaissance artwork may be a symbol of the Christian miracle of turning water into wine, the Last Supper, or Bruegel's own warning against deadly sin of gluttony.

When people find frogs with too many legs, they often suspect pollution. In many cases, this type of frog deformity results from parasitic disease caused by a fluke.

The Dutch named her Eva. Among the Khoisan, she was Krotoa. From her marriage to Pieter van Meerhoff, to a lonely end on Robben Island, Colonialism shaped her life.

Han Van Meegeren made a fortune and a reputation forging paintings and fooling Nazis.

The British Museum's exhibition, "Babylon: Myth and Reality", invites us to consider how artists, fascinated by the story for 2500 years, have combined fact and fantasy.

The European Fine Art Fair will be held in the Netherlands, from March 9-18, 2007. More than $1 billion worth of paintings, sculptures and other art will be displayed.

Andy Warhol and G. F. Watts, Van Eyck to Titian, Bruegel to Rubens, or Turner to Gauguin: London's art galleries are bursting with exciting exhibitions for Winter 2008

These two south circumpolar constellations host mostly dim stars.

Naval battles and naval heroes, busy quaysides, peaceful shorelines: the turmoil and tranquillity of the sea are captured by Dutch and Flemish Masters from 1550-1700.

The Champions League group stages are under way. Here are the results of the first round of Group E matches. Debrecen at Liverpool and Fiorentina at Lyon.

Colonial Era German immigrants are not easy-to-trace ancestors. Genealogists welcome such records as this 1738 passenger list.

To commemorate Henry Hudson's voyage from the Netherlands to New York the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is lending Johannes Vermeer's The Milkmaid to the Met Museum.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has a world-class collection of Flemish paintings. This exhibition features 51 masterpieces from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.

Show explores love for sale as depicted by Ed and Nancy Kienholz. A historic perspective is created by nearby display of 17th-century Dutch masters with a similar theme.

A painter of the Dutch "Golden Age," Gerard ter Borch brought depth to a stock style of painting and still amazes viewers with his virtuoso rendering of satin.

Evidence from three different spacecraft shows that the moon is not bone-dry as scientists once thought.

The Belgian city of Bruges offers visitors a bevy of museums, a market and canal tours. However, it's the amazing medieval architecture that keeps them coming back.

If you haven't visited the USFSA website lately, this is a good time to poke around.

Biotechnology has aided in the development of radiation imaging that is used in computer tomography (CT) and radiotherapy for cancer. The result is increased cancer risk.

The life and work of one of the world's greatest painters.

Colorado Springs, Colorado has become a training ground for top figure skaters. Therefore, It's a natural home for this outstanding museum that chronicles the sport.

The first step toward ensuring the security of a network is understanding how unwanted access can be detected and prevented. This means learning about the types of IDS.

Vermeer (1632-1675) was a Dutch painter of the Baroque era whose specialization in depicting ordinary scenes in domestic interior made him a successful businessman.

Jan Lievens was once considered Rembrandt's equal, but is largely forgotten today.

A city that offers culture, beauty and tremendous shopping is a city worth visiting. With this in mind, an excursion to Antwerp, Belgium is in order.

In European and American history there are many interesting periods which could set the scene for a biography.

Riggs and Murtaugh are back, this time taking on a group of ruthless South African smuggling diplomats hiding behind their diplomatic immunity.

The almost forgotten De Bray family, a dominant artistic dynasty famous throughout 17th-century Holland, are enjoying a comeback at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London.

Many famous artworks are appealing to young children when they are presented in a format that the child can relate to. These picture books do just that.

T-Mobile's latest smartphone, the G1 or Google Phone will be the first device to use Google's Android software. What will this mean for the future of mobile phones?

Suite 101 looks at Team Silence-Lotto's roster and their possible targets for the 2009 cycling season.

Visitors to London looking for things to do that are not expensive have a healthy choice of options with many museums and galleries offering free admission.

The Italian Renaissance spread to Northern Europe, through King Francis I of France. Shakespeare, Flanders, Erasmus all reflect the Northern Renaissance.

American poet, short story writer and novelist W.C. Williams, also an obstetrician, was a prolific poet and writer. He is best known for Pictures from Brueghel.

Abraham van Deusen was New Amsterdam's first mill owner and served on a counsel advising the New Netherland Colony's Director General.

Can the British and Irish Lions beat South Africa in the three test series about to be played? Can McGeechan pull off another master stroke as he did in 1997?

Part One of this two-part series details the Once Upon a Time Walt Disney exhibit currently showing at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Displaying everything from Verkstadt furniture and baroque silver to avant gard art, Vienna may have a more diverse collection of museums than any other European city.

Auden brilliantly demonstrates the application of 'speaker's voice' as an effective device for complicating a poem's semantic content with nuance and ironic complexity.

Brugge is ground zero for chocolate, waffles and architecture. A wonderful, friendly compact city almost designed for visitors to wander around on foot.

This article briefly examines the life of Rachel Ruysch, the female still life flower painter who produced some of the finest work to emerge from the Dutch Golden Age.