Yankee Doodle Flemish
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Will be an overview of Flemish contributions to United States history, in particular the contribution to the history of New York which was originally New Amsterdam. Although the main cultural influence in early New Amsterdam was Dutch, Flemish culture also was present. During the first half of the 1600s the Netherlands, Belgium, and Flanders were largely interchangeble terms.
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New Amsterdam, 1660 |
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Gouvernor of New Amsterdam, Peter Styvesant. The First Zootnyck. |
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| Contributions of the Dutch and Flemish to the United States include Baseball (Honkball), Jankees (Jan Kees or Johnny Cheese), Knickerbockers (Dutch short legged pants), the Bowerey in Manhattan (Bouerij-Farm), Wall Street (Waal Straat), both of the Roosevelt presidents (Rose Field), etc..
The "pin stripes" of the title of this page refer to the pin-striped uniforms of the New York Jankees honkball team.
In addition to featuring Dutch/Flemish contributions to American Culture, this page will also show that Flemish Master Painter Pieter Bruegel's view of the world fits modern Manhattan quite well.
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The display currently featured at the 'Fugezi Gallery' (as featured on the 'Fugezi' web page) is a comparison of Flanders' most famous Flemish renaissance painter, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, juxtaposed with photos of modern day Manhattan.
Amazingly, Bruegel's vision of the world 500 years ago is an excellent mirror of the modern metropolis.
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Tower of Babel |
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"If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere" (Big Fish eat Little Fish) |
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| Bruegel's work features the working class as opposed to the aristocracy,
juxtaposing landscapes and civilization, emphasizing landscapes as an end
in themselves, and portraying individuals and events of heroic stature.
The 'Bruegel Apple" display can be viewed by appointment by contacting "Zeelands@sbcglobal.net. The price per tour is $10.
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Fall of Icarus |
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Reaching to the Heavens |
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The full spectrum of humanity |
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Dutch Proverbs |
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Mad Meg |
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Times Square prior to Gentrification |
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9-11 |
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Storm at Sea |
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Winter Landscape with Bird Cage |
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Central Park Oasis |
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Madison Square Garden- Game Cornucopia |
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Children's Games- with perspective point |
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"Fall of the Rebel Angles" |
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The Yankees triumph again |
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