Pieter Bruegel / Larry Silver.

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The exciting rediscovery in Spain of a missing canvas by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca 1525-69) has jolted a revived public awareness of the great Flemish painter and his work. This title examines Bruegel's drawings, prints, and paintings on both canvas and panel - including the Madrid canvas - for f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silver, Larry, 1947-
Other Authors: Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, 2011.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Bruegel, Pieter, > approximately 1525-1569 > Criticism and interpretation.
Bruegel, Pieter, > approximately 1525-1569 > Catalogues raisonnés.
Genre:
Catalogues raisonnés.
Physical Description:464 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • God in the details : Christ carrying the cross (1564)
  • Bruegel at Antwerp
  • Hieronymus Cock, Bruegel's printmaker
  • Bruegel as a landscape architect
  • The "second Bosch": Bruegel adapts a tradition
  • Parables, proverbs, and pastimes
  • Religion and tradition : Antwerp, early 1560s
  • Religious imagery in a time of troubles
  • Bruegel's peasant festivity
  • Social stresses and strains
  • Bruegel's legacy
  • Conclusion.