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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... Ebria Feinblatt, Curator of Prints and Drawings. Her kindness and cooperation helped much; so too did the splendid catalog she compiled. It is referred to repeatedly here. Every art library should have a copy, in my opinion. My ...
... Ebria Feinblatt, Curator of Prints and Drawings. Her kindness and cooperation helped much; so too did the splendid catalog she compiled. It is referred to repeatedly here. Every art library should have a copy, in my opinion. My ...
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... FEINBLATT, EBRIA (ed.). Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Exhibition of Print: d?” Drawings. Los Angeles County Museum, 1961. 68 pp. The readable, handsome, and amply illustrated catalog of a great exhibition held during the spring of 1961 ...
... FEINBLATT, EBRIA (ed.). Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Exhibition of Print: d?” Drawings. Los Angeles County Museum, 1961. 68 pp. The readable, handsome, and amply illustrated catalog of a great exhibition held during the spring of 1961 ...
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... Large Alpine Landscape.” Even while the Landrrape: were being published and sold, Bruegel undertook something quite new, yet old. About 1557, “abruptly and without any transition,” as noted by Ebria Feinblatt, 4 Introduction.
... Large Alpine Landscape.” Even while the Landrrape: were being published and sold, Bruegel undertook something quite new, yet old. About 1557, “abruptly and without any transition,” as noted by Ebria Feinblatt, 4 Introduction.
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... Ebria Feinblatt, “he began to provide satirical-moralistic drawings with such themes as Big Fisb Eat Small Fir/J, the Ass at Srbvol, the Temptation of S. Antbory, Patienre, the Seven Deale Sins, the Last judgmen .” (All these are ...
... Ebria Feinblatt, “he began to provide satirical-moralistic drawings with such themes as Big Fisb Eat Small Fir/J, the Ass at Srbvol, the Temptation of S. Antbory, Patienre, the Seven Deale Sins, the Last judgmen .” (All these are ...
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... Ebria Feinblatt writes of “the immense, palpitating mountain ranges with their concentrated minutiae of foliage, their delicate feathery flecking. . . .” This latter effect is far more evident in the drawings than the engravings. Among ...
... Ebria Feinblatt writes of “the immense, palpitating mountain ranges with their concentrated minutiae of foliage, their delicate feathery flecking. . . .” This latter effect is far more evident in the drawings than the engravings. Among ...
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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