<description>&lt;p&gt;The Dukes of Burgundy presided over one of the great flowerings of Art and Culture in the Later Middle Ages. While the Northern Renaissance was not a purely Burgundian phenomenon, the Burgundian Court and the Cities of the Burgundian Low Countries were at the Center of advances in Painting, Music, Building and more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Duke of Burgundy, the Burgundian Nobility, and the rising Bourgeoisie, all commissioned art at a greater scale than ever before and they cultivated some of the best artists of the age in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time Period Covered: &lt;/strong&gt;1400s&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Painters:&lt;/strong&gt; Jan van Eyck, Rogier van Der Weyden, Robert Campin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Composers:&lt;/strong&gt; Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois, Antoine Busnois&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Writers:&lt;/strong&gt; Georges Chastellain, Michaut Taillevent, Jean Molinet, Antoine de la Salle, Olivier de la Marche, Philippe de Commynes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artistic Movements:&lt;/strong&gt; Early Netherlandish Painting, Brabantine Gothic Architecture, Burgundian/Franco-Flemish School of Music, Grands Rhetoriquers&lt;/p&gt;
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The Dukes of Burgundy presided over one of the great flowerings of Art and Culture in the Later Middle Ages. While the Northern Renaissance was not a purely Burgundian phenomenon, the Burgundian Court and the Cities of the Burgundian Low Countries were at the Center of advances in Painting, Music, Building and more.The Duke of Burgundy, the Burgundian Nobility, and the rising Bourgeoisie, all commissioned art at a greater scale than ever before and they cultivated some of the best artists of the age in the process.Time Period Covered: 1400sPainters: Jan van Eyck, Rogier van Der Weyden, Robert CampinComposers: Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois, Antoine BusnoisWriters: Georges Chastellain, Michaut Taillevent, Jean Molinet, Antoine de la Salle, Olivier de la Marche, Philippe de CommynesArtistic Movements: Early Netherlandish Painting, Brabantine Gothic Architecture, Burgundian/Franco-Flemish School of Music, Grands Rhetoriquers

Grand Dukes of the West: A History of Valois Burgundy

Episode 64: Jan van Eyck and the Northern Renaissance

Episode 64: Jan van Eyck and the Northern Renaissance

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