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 v
... Bosch, spiritual ancestor of so much in the Bruegel engravings. Had not this book, by plan, been devoted solely to engravings based on Bruegel originals, it would have included also several engravings based on originals by Bosch, or by ...
... Bosch, spiritual ancestor of so much in the Bruegel engravings. Had not this book, by plan, been devoted solely to engravings based on Bruegel originals, it would have included also several engravings based on originals by Bosch, or by ...
Page vii
... Bosch. Concerning the spelling Breughel: When Peter Bruegel died he left a widow and two sons, mere boys. Both of them grew up to become painters of some repute, and both spelled their names with the u and e reversed and the silent h ...
... Bosch. Concerning the spelling Breughel: When Peter Bruegel died he left a widow and two sons, mere boys. Both of them grew up to become painters of some repute, and both spelled their names with the u and e reversed and the silent h ...
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... Bosch.” However tempting, it is not practical here to consider closely the Bosch-to-Bruegel influences. That could well be the subject of another book, richly illustrated, with symbols traced and crossindexed: a sort of concordance of ...
... Bosch.” However tempting, it is not practical here to consider closely the Bosch-to-Bruegel influences. That could well be the subject of another book, richly illustrated, with symbols traced and crossindexed: a sort of concordance of ...
Page 12
... Bosch, whose fantastic symbols and monsters Bruegel was to revive in his own form, and Jerome (Hieronymus) Cock, artist-turned-publisher, who probably engraved this copperplate and sold its prints to an ever-growing clientele of Flemish ...
... Bosch, whose fantastic symbols and monsters Bruegel was to revive in his own form, and Jerome (Hieronymus) Cock, artist-turned-publisher, who probably engraved this copperplate and sold its prints to an ever-growing clientele of Flemish ...
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