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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... Bird Catcher I6 Plate 5. Belgian Wagon I 8 Plate 6. Country Concerns 20 Plate 7. Village amid Woods 22 Plate 8. Large Alpine Landscape 24 Plate 9. Landscape with Rabbit Hunters 26 THE WORLD OF STATELY SHIPS AND THE SEA Preliminary ...
... Bird Catcher I6 Plate 5. Belgian Wagon I 8 Plate 6. Country Concerns 20 Plate 7. Village amid Woods 22 Plate 8. Large Alpine Landscape 24 Plate 9. Landscape with Rabbit Hunters 26 THE WORLD OF STATELY SHIPS AND THE SEA Preliminary ...
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... Bird-Trap” (painting, G.114), in F. Delporte collection, Brussels. “Man of War with Inscription 'Die Scip 1564'” (B ... Bird-Nester” or “Proverb of the Bird-Nest” (painting, G.141-45), in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. “The ...
... Bird-Trap” (painting, G.114), in F. Delporte collection, Brussels. “Man of War with Inscription 'Die Scip 1564'” (B ... Bird-Nester” or “Proverb of the Bird-Nest” (painting, G.141-45), in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. “The ...
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... birds 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 ...
... birds 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 ...
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... birds are in flight, just left of the large tree. In the lower left-hand corner stands a squat, strangely modern figure. He holds something like a walking stick in his right hand as he stands, his back toward us, facing the water. A ...
... birds are in flight, just left of the large tree. In the lower left-hand corner stands a squat, strangely modern figure. He holds something like a walking stick in his right hand as he stands, his back toward us, facing the water. A ...
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H. Arthur Klein. POENITE NS //4' /MAGDALENA 4. THE CUNNING BIRD CATCHER (Insidiasus Aucep:,B.10)
H. Arthur Klein. POENITE NS //4' /MAGDALENA 4. THE CUNNING BIRD CATCHER (Insidiasus Aucep:,B.10)
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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