Graphic Worlds of Peter Bruegel the ElderH. Arthur Klein Renowned for his effervescent and rollicking paintings of Flemish life, Peter Bruegel the Elder also holds a place among the world's finest engraving designers. This collection contains 64 of his engravings plus a woodcut, arranged in two parts. The first depicts the outer world of nature and man, including landscapes, ships and the sea, and memorable portraits of sixteenth-century Flanders citizens, from aristocrats and burghers to villagers and peasants. The second part envisions the inner worlds of imagination, morality, and religion with scenes from the Gospels and Apocrypha. In addition, the book offers cogent and stimulating commentaries by H. Arthur Klein that provide details of Bruegel's life and influences as well as his techniques. Many of these prints served as models for subsequent Bruegel canvases, and each image is accompanied by an essay that places it within its historical context. A unique survey of the best and most magical work of one of history's greatest printmakers, this volume offers a prized addition to the collections of all connoisseurs, especially those interested in the art of engraving. |
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Page 10
... fly, two by two, from left to right. One group includes four birds. Animate life abounds as far as the eye can see, to the very limits of the horizon and the engraver's skill. The multiplicity deserves mention, for this scene—like so ...
... fly, two by two, from left to right. One group includes four birds. Animate life abounds as far as the eye can see, to the very limits of the horizon and the engraver's skill. The multiplicity deserves mention, for this scene—like so ...
Page 16
... fly. Bruegel seldom left a sky birdless. If no bird flies, one or more will perch high in a tree. The river obviously flows toward us. Its continuity of motion matches the continuity in the lives of the valley dwellers. Yet this picture ...
... fly. Bruegel seldom left a sky birdless. If no bird flies, one or more will perch high in a tree. The river obviously flows toward us. Its continuity of motion matches the continuity in the lives of the valley dwellers. Yet this picture ...
Page 20
... flies a single long-necked bird, followed by a more distant group of three. The landscape is abundantly spotted with trees, rendered by the engraver with a peculiarly puff-like or explosive technique. This approximates—though naturally ...
... flies a single long-necked bird, followed by a more distant group of three. The landscape is abundantly spotted with trees, rendered by the engraver with a peculiarly puff-like or explosive technique. This approximates—though naturally ...
Page 22
... fly in a group. No mountains appear on the horizon. True to its name, this print shows a host of trees. About forty trees appear entirely or in part, including varieties probably identifiable even today in the Brabant area. In the ...
... fly in a group. No mountains appear on the horizon. True to its name, this print shows a host of trees. About forty trees appear entirely or in part, including varieties probably identifiable even today in the Brabant area. In the ...
Page 24
... fly side by side. Another mark familiar to Bruegel lovers appears in the distance, just left of the cloaked rider at right—a gallows and a gibbet. Both lean in crazy fashion. They are tiny—but there is no mistaking them. The mountain ...
... fly side by side. Another mark familiar to Bruegel lovers appears in the distance, just left of the cloaked rider at right—a gallows and a gibbet. Both lean in crazy fashion. They are tiny—but there is no mistaking them. The mountain ...
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Adriaan Barnouw allegorical figure Angeles Antwerp appears artist Avarice bagpipe Bastelaer birds boat Bosch Boymans Museum Bruegel originals Bruegel prints Bruegel the Elder Bruegel’s death Brussels carrack castle church corner dated demon Ebria Feinblatt Engraved by vdH engraver’s face farther figure filled find fine fire first fish five Flemish floats fly foreground Fortitude Fritz Grossmann galleon galley Golden Legend graphic grisaille hand head Heyden horizon human identified Jake Zeitlin Jerome Bosch Jerome Cock Jesus Kunsthistorisches Museum landscape Latin caption lechery looking lower left lower right man’s mast monster Mopsus mountain naked Netherlands one’s original drawing painting peasant Peter Bruegel Philippe Galle picture plate poop deck probably publisher reproduced by permission sails Saint scene scholar seems seen seven seven Virtues ship shows significant sinners Sins stands Stridbeck subjects suggested surviving symbol Tolnay Translation of Latin tree vessels Vienna Virtues warship woman