Who is the sixteenth-century author of a famous book on Flemish, Dutch and German Renaissance painters, whose name refers to a little tributary river of the Lys, itself a tributary of the Scheldt?

trevor1968

this is a guess. is the answer franz ritter May 25 07, 4:32 PM

Flem-ish

No..there is no Ritter river either.The book was called the Painters'Book and a kind of North-European echo of Vasari's book: Le vite de piu eccellenti Pittori, Scultori è Architettori. May 25 07, 11:00 PM

trevor1968

ty that was a hard 1 May 25 07, 11:41 PM

Flem-ish

OK but who was the North-European "Vasari"? May 26 07, 2:44 AM

lanfranco

I thought I'd let other people have the fun of working on this, but since no one has come up with Carel van Mander yet -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_van_Mander May 26 07, 9:26 AM

Flem-ish

What most people will not be aware of is that the name van MandeR refers to a river now called MandeL. Just as Chinese people often mispronounce a R ( rice becoming lice) some locals here seem to have had problems with the river MandeR which now has become the MandeL.Van Mander is a typical example of the Exodus of Flemings who fled from Spanish persecution and became the co-founders of the protestant United Provinces.In books on art history the opposition Flemish/ Dutch often has led to confusions. In Sandwich they had "Dutch Houses" lived in by ..."Flemish immigrants" (weavers?).The distinction between the two nations was not very clear cut at the time. Silver Tulip Award? May 26 07, 12:04 PM