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DIED. ARTHUR ROBINSON, 89, cartographer whose work dramatically improved the way the world looks on maps; in Madison, Wis. Mapmakers had long struggled with the problem of representing the round Earth on a flat map. The once widely accepted version by the Flemish Gerardus Mercator, for example, distorted Greenland to appear four times its actual size. In 1963, by focusing on aesthetics--and only later incorporating a mathematical formula--he devised a projection that became the basis for world maps by Rand McNally and many federal agencies...
Belgium's highest court ruled last week that the Flemish nationalist, anti-immigration Vlaams Blok - which took almost a quarter of the vote in the June regional elections in Flanders - is racist. The ruling could threaten the "Flemish Block's" receipt of official electoral funds, but the party is by no means scrambling for survival. Just days before the decision, party leaders had updated their 1977 founding statutes. "Before, the party advocated the expulsion of all non-European foreigners," Vlaams Blok co-leader Gerolf Annemans told the Flemish daily De Standaard. "Now foreigners can stay on the condition that they...
...your modern musical tastes react to popular works from 500 years ago. Dutch-Flemish ensemble Capella Pratensis performs “A Concert of Sacred and Secular Vocal Music From Around 1500.” 8 p.m. Get your free pass at the box office. Paine Hall. (ECMV...
VISUALS | Dutch and Flemish Drawings...
...those who can never get enough of Peter Paul Rubens, the National Gallery of Canada has provided a study on view at the Fogg. Approximately 70 Dutch and Flemish works are presented alongside the Rubens including a Rembrandt drawing. Dutch landscapes are prominently featured. Through October 17. Fogg Museum...