Provencal Art Crafts

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The County of Provence was a largely autonomous medieval state that eventually became incorporated into the Kingdom of France in 1481. For four centuries Provence was ruled by a series of counts that were vassals of the Carolingian Empire, Burgundy and finally the Holy Roman Empire, but in practice they were largely independent.

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Article title : County of Provence
"of the professions, crafts and businesses in the city, which drew up a code of justice and municipal regulations. Several Provençal cities directly negotiated..."
Article title : Aix-en-Provence
"industry. The manufacture of santons, traditional hand-crafted figurines, often associated with provencal Christmas creches. The manufacture of olive oil. The..."
Article title : Merovingian art and architecture
"recalls that of St. George, Ezra', Syria). Very different from these Provençal baptistries, except for the quatrefoil one of Venasque, that of St. Jean..."
Article title : Quilt
"Albert Museum and in the Bargello in Florence. Provençal quilts, now often referred to as "boutis" (the Provençal word meaning "stuffing"), are wholecloth quilts..."
Article title : Tuscany
"type of poetry also began in Tuscany. Guittone d'Arezzo made art abandon chivalry and Provençal forms for national motives and Latin forms. He attempted political..."
Article title : Muslim settlement of Lucera
"Burgundian and Provençal soldiers and farmers as possible. A remnant of the descendants of these Provençal colonists, still speaking a Franco-Provençal dialect..."
Article title : Malta
"Italian influences as well as influences of English, Spanish, Maghrebin and Provençal cuisines. A number of regional variations can be noted as well as seasonal..."
Article title : Salting Madonna
"abstract beauty of the Madonna's face derives from the style of contemporary Provençal artists, especially Enguerrand Quarton. Italian Renaissance painting,..."
Article title : Marrakesh
"of small arts and crafts which offers a range of leather goods, textiles and carpets. Young apprentices are taught a range of crafts in the workshop at..."
Article title : Louis Sicard
"over his studio on his death. His sister, Thérèse Neveu, was a renowned Provencal santon-maker. Louis Marius Sicard was born on January 21, 1871, in Aubagne..."

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