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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... Antwerp The Fair of St. George's Day The Fair at Hoboken The Wedding Dance The Masquerade of Orson and Valentine The Dirty Bride Two Groups of Epileptics Going to the Right; and Two Groups of Epileptics Going to the Left 50 52 54 56 58 ...
... Antwerp The Fair of St. George's Day The Fair at Hoboken The Wedding Dance The Masquerade of Orson and Valentine The Dirty Bride Two Groups of Epileptics Going to the Right; and Two Groups of Epileptics Going to the Left 50 52 54 56 58 ...
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... Antwerp, 1548. PB admitted to master status in Painters' Guild of Antwerp. PB in Italy on trip then customary, almost mandatory, for Flemish masters. c. 1342 1550 1551 1551—53 Aids in Advance ix a “ Landscape with Sailing Boats and a ...
... Antwerp, 1548. PB admitted to master status in Painters' Guild of Antwerp. PB in Italy on trip then customary, almost mandatory, for Flemish masters. c. 1342 1550 1551 1551—53 Aids in Advance ix a “ Landscape with Sailing Boats and a ...
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... Antwerp” (B.zo5) from drawing M440. “Faith” or “Fides” (drawing, M442), now in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Engraved probably by P. Galle (B. 132). “Hope” or “Spes” (drawing, M.145), in Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin. Engraved probably by P ...
... Antwerp” (B.zo5) from drawing M440. “Faith” or “Fides” (drawing, M442), now in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Engraved probably by P. Galle (B. 132). “Hope” or “Spes” (drawing, M.145), in Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin. Engraved probably by P ...
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... Antwerp or Brussels. Fidelity radiates like a bright light from these drawings. Using them, we can today recreate the costume, the posture, and, it seems, even the state of mind of the pictured peasants, woodcutters, shepherds, pilgrims ...
... Antwerp or Brussels. Fidelity radiates like a bright light from these drawings. Using them, we can today recreate the costume, the posture, and, it seems, even the state of mind of the pictured peasants, woodcutters, shepherds, pilgrims ...
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... Antwerp. From Mander's narrative we cannot even be certain whether these had been begun when Bruegel died. We do know, however, that many of the masterpieces painted by Bruegel during his concluding nine years of life in Antwerp became ...
... Antwerp. From Mander's narrative we cannot even be certain whether these had been begun when Bruegel died. We do know, however, that many of the masterpieces painted by Bruegel during his concluding nine years of life in Antwerp became ...
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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