3. Father of belgium literature
Munich 1827
Masterpiece : the legend of Tyle Upenseigel
and Lamme Goedzak(1867)
16th
century romance
Classics in Belgium litt
Died : 1879
4. About the story
‘The Mysterious Picture’ narrates the
dilemma of Tyl Ullenspiegel from
Flanders who reached the court of the
Archduke of Battenburg and offered to
make a portrait of the Archduke along
with the courtiers. The courtiers
wanted
Tyl to make them look more
handsome
and attractive than they actually
were,
while the Archduke wanted him to
6. Flanders – refers to
the area of northeast
France and Belgium.
Flemish – The Dutch
language as
spoken in Northern
Belgium
7. Flemish painter - Flemish painting
flourished during the 15th century
and continued to exist till 17th
century. Most of the leading painters
of Northern Europe belonged to
Flanders and they were called
Flemish painters. The Flemish painters
were masters
of the oil medium and used it primarily to
portray a robust and
realistically detailed vision of the
world around them. Jan van Eyck
and Rubens were the two masters of
this incredibly rich form of art.
11. [rash]
adjective, rasher, rashest.
1. acting or tending to act
too hastily or without due
consideration.
2. characterized by or
showing too great haste or
lack of consideration: rash
promises.
12. fodder
f d /ˈ ɒ ə
noun
noun: fodder
1.
food, especially dried hay or
straw, for cattle and other
livestock.
give fodder to (cattle or other
livestock).
"the animals need foddering"
13. flush1
fl /ʌʃ
verb
verb: flush; (of a person's
skin, face, etc.) become red
and hot, typically as the
result of illness or strong
emotion.
"Rachel flushed angrily"
14.
15. descendant
d s nd( )nt/ɪˈ ɛ ə
noun
noun: descendant; plural noun:
descendants
a person, plant, or animal that is
descended from a particular
ancestor.
"she's a descendant of Charles
Darwin"
16. summon
s m n/ˈ ʌ ə
verb
verb: summon;
order (someone) to be
present.
"a waiter was summoned"
23. valor
[ val r ]ˈ ə
NOUN
great courage in
the face of danger,
especially in
battle:
24. paunch
[ p n(t) ]ɔː ʃ
NOUN
a large or protruding belly.
"his body was powerful and
square, with the beginnings of
a paunch"
synonyms: pot belly ·
fat/protruding
stomach/belly/abdomen
25. enormous
[ n m s ]ɪˈ ɔː ə
ADJECTIVE
very large in size,
quantity, or extent:
"enormous sums of
money"
26. hump
[ h mp ]ə
NOUN
a rounded protuberance
found on the back of a
camel or other animal or
as an abnormality on a
person's back.
27.
28. slaughter
[ slôt r ]ˈ ə
NOUN
the killing of a large
number of people or
animals in a cruel or
violent way; massacre:
30. portrait
[ pôrtr t, - trāt ]ˈ ə ˌ
NOUN
a painting, drawing,
photograph, or engraving of
a person, especially one
depicting only the face or
head and shoulders.