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 vii
... appear elsewhere. In arrangements as well as in commentary the editor's effort has been to let the prints speak for ... appears to get in the way of the graphic message, forget the former and cleave only to the latter. That is the ...
... appear elsewhere. In arrangements as well as in commentary the editor's effort has been to let the prints speak for ... appears to get in the way of the graphic message, forget the former and cleave only to the latter. That is the ...
Page viii
... appear in book form, or in periodicals and journals. Order is reverse chronological, the latest being first. Those interested in more detailed bibliography are referred to pages 648—49 of the Grossmann article in the Engelopedia of ...
... appear in book form, or in periodicals and journals. Order is reverse chronological, the latest being first. Those interested in more detailed bibliography are referred to pages 648—49 of the Grossmann article in the Engelopedia of ...
Page ix
... appears as the last entry in the preceding list of references, namely, the 1907 Le: Ertamper de Peter Bruegel l'Anrien. These numbers are given simply preceded by a capital B.; i.e., B.7, etc. Original drawings, as contrasted with the ...
... appears as the last entry in the preceding list of references, namely, the 1907 Le: Ertamper de Peter Bruegel l'Anrien. These numbers are given simply preceded by a capital B.; i.e., B.7, etc. Original drawings, as contrasted with the ...
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... appear as reproductions in a popular and inexpensive volume, for they deserve it. Finally, related to such “private” productions are at least two pictures, all in black and gray, embodying Bruegel's most sensitive expression of ...
... appear as reproductions in a popular and inexpensive volume, for they deserve it. Finally, related to such “private” productions are at least two pictures, all in black and gray, embodying Bruegel's most sensitive expression of ...
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... appears to guard the access road. At right, slightly above the center of the print, the round pointed tower of another church rises above a grove of evergreens. A wayside cross leans a little crazily on the crest of a hill, toward left ...
... appears to guard the access road. At right, slightly above the center of the print, the round pointed tower of another church rises above a grove of evergreens. A wayside cross leans a little crazily on the crest of a hill, toward left ...
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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