Antwerp
Scheldt River city
Antwerp is Belgium's largest port city and second-largest city, located on the Scheldt River in the Flemish region.
It has historically been a major European trading center and remains the world's diamond capital—most rough diamonds pass through Antwerp for cutting and trading.
The city is also known for Baroque art, fashion design, and its medieval old town.
Of the Middle Ages
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
- BruegelSixteenth-century Flemish master
- guildsCraftsmen's mutual aid societies
- Spanish NetherlandsIberian-controlled Belgian region
siege · Golden Age · Hanseatic · Counter-Reformation · fortress · burgomaster · printing · Renaissance
Safe anchorage for ships
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- containerThing for storing items
- cargoTransported goods
terminal · quay · crane · logistics · stevedore · tugboat · petroleum · petrochemical
Dividing via sharp edge
- polishingSmoothing by friction
- tradingExchanging for value
- bourseSecurities trading venue
- Orthodox JewishTraditionally practicing the faith
Hasidic · certification · rough diamonds · wholesalers · vaults · loupe · grading · carat
Ornate artistic period
- triptychArt in three panels
- altarpieceReligious art behind altar
- contemporary artCreative works from today
- sculpture parkOutdoor exhibit of statues
Arts institution with crown patronage
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- deconstructionistOne who destabilizes meaning
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- runwayPaved path for planes
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
- BruegelSixteenth-century Flemish master
- guildsCraftsmen's mutual aid societies
Spanish Netherlands · siege · Golden Age · Hanseatic · Counter-Reformation · fortress · burgomaster · printing · Renaissance · iconoclasm
Flanders
Northern Belgian region
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- containerThing for storing items
cargo · terminal · quay · crane · logistics · stevedore · tugboat · petroleum · petrochemical · warehouses
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
Orthodox Jewish · Hasidic · certification · rough diamonds · wholesalers · vaults · loupe · grading · carat · brilliance
Baroque
Ornate artistic period
- triptychArt in three panels
- altarpieceReligious art behind altar
- contemporary artCreative works from today
Royal Academy
Arts institution with crown patronage
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- deconstructionistOne who destabilizes meaning
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
runway · tailoring · conceptual · textiles
- Belgian HistoryBelgium, independence movement, King Leopold, constitutional monarchy, national congress
- Belgian PlacesBrussels, Ghent, Bruges, Ypres, Bastogne
- FlandersFlanders, Bruges, Ghent, Limburg, Brussels
- Flemish ArtBosch, Bruegel, Peter Paul Rubens, Rubens, Hieronymus Bosch
- Low CountriesNetherlands, Belgium, Holland, Amsterdam, Brussels
- Low Countries HistoryDutch Golden Age, Dutch Republic, William of Orange, Spanish Netherlands, Peace of Westphalia