during the 15th century, bruges became the busiest port in northern europe, while bruxelles and ghent became two of its largest industrial cities. [bells ringing] we can catch a realistic glimpse of flemish urban life through the window of religious paintings, such as this madonna by robert campin. in italy, 15th-century artists used perspective and the study of antiquity to depict a suitable setting for their religious paintings. by contrast, a northern painter such as campin in his merode altarpiece, saw no great divide between the past and present, between the look of antiquity and the late medieval world. joseph, in his carpenter's workshop, is depicted with detailed realism-- the tools of his trade and the townscape visible through the window. one sign of bruge's success as a trading center was s wealthy communit of italian merchants and bankers. out of this community came the most famous wedding portrait in western art. here in 1434, jan van eyck shows giovanni arnolfini, a hugely wealthy italian moneylender and tapestry dealer to duke philip the good of burgundy. he's about to

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well robert oulds from the bruges group the u.k. independent all party think tank he says ukraine has to look east to save its faltering economy. the way forward is to look at the cold hard economic facts such as ask the question where does most of the ukraine's exports go to the answer is the vast majority of ukrainian exports go towards washington the c.i.s. states therefore ukraine should really see that trade deal costumes you need everybody on the same to have to follow but they have the european union's fault that's one aspect another aspect is if they were to sign a deal with the you in union what would be the effect on the economy it would mean adopting european union regular ations with very little influence over them what would be the effect of that effect would be to make the economy far more on competitive it would mean factories closing down it would mean unemployment you've been unit has changed history high levels of unemployment because of its economic policies particularly its excessive regulation just look at the e

safeguard jobs before it entered into any deal with the european union robert oulds the chair of the bruges group a u.k. independent old party think tank he says ukraine has to now look east to save its economy. the way forward is to look at the cold hard economic facts such as ask the question where does most of the ukraine's exports go to the answer he's the vast majority of ukrainian exports go towards washington the cia states therefore ukraine should we see that trade to your. customers you need everybody on the same you have to follow but they have the european union that's one aspect another aspect g.'s if they were to sign a deal with the european union what would be the effect on the economy it would mean adopting new opinion vacations with very little influence over them what would be the effect of that the effect would be to make the economy far more on the head to see if it would mean factories closing down it would mean unemployment you've been you it has change this week high levels of unemployment because of its economic policies particularly excessive regulation just look at

took them six weeks to unload all the stock in the altossy salt mine, they uncovered michelangelo's bruges goes back to germany to help with the war effort. >> i went back as an american soldier, not as a german jewish soldier. >> reporter: ettlinger was 19 in 1945 and knew little about art, but he spoke fluent german. >> they had wooden cases marked with initials. >> reporter: and what was inside? >> paintings, sculptures, books. >> reporter: a tremendous find. >> a tremendous checked. it gave us a good feeling. >> reporter: instead of keeping the art as a spoil of war, you helped return the art to its rightful owners. >> unique in the history of civilization. >> reporter: no country had ever done that before. >> they supervised the return of 5 million, 5 million stolen objects to the countries from which these things were taken. >> reporter: paintings were returned to museums. >> there it is. >> reporter: works you can see today. >> parc monceau. this claude monet painting is one at the new york metropolitan museum of art along with this van goyen landscape and soap bubbles. hitler wants