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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... Boats 46 Plate 18. Man of War with Small Ships at Right and Left 48 THE WORLD OF FELLOW FLEMINGS: ARISTOCRATS, BURGHERS, VILLAGERS, AND PEASANTS Preliminary Comments Plate 19. Plate 20. Plate 2:. Plate 22. Plate 25. Plate 24. Plate 25 ...
... Boats 46 Plate 18. Man of War with Small Ships at Right and Left 48 THE WORLD OF FELLOW FLEMINGS: ARISTOCRATS, BURGHERS, VILLAGERS, AND PEASANTS Preliminary Comments Plate 19. Plate 20. Plate 2:. Plate 22. Plate 25. Plate 24. Plate 25 ...
Page ix
... 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 Burning Town.
... 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 Burning Town.
Page x
... Boats and a Burning Town ' (painting, G4), now in a private collection. Drawing, now lost; an etching by George Hoefnagel survives, known as “Landscape with Abduction of Psyche by Mercury” (B4). Another drawing, now lost; etching by ...
... Boats and a Burning Town ' (painting, G4), now in a private collection. Drawing, now lost; an etching by George Hoefnagel survives, known as “Landscape with Abduction of Psyche by Mercury” (B4). Another drawing, now lost; etching by ...
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... Boats in a Fog”). Habitations and shelters of the human creatures belong also to this essential reality. Houses and a church nestle in the ravine, above the bridge; along the hillcrest halfway up at the left stands a church, partly ...
... Boats in a Fog”). Habitations and shelters of the human creatures belong also to this essential reality. Houses and a church nestle in the ravine, above the bridge; along the hillcrest halfway up at the left stands a church, partly ...
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... boat ashore. Near them are other sailing boats, their sails furled, seemingly anchored in the stream. Larger vessels—sailing ships—are driven by the breeze across the river estuary or an inreaching arm of the sea. And on the far horizon ...
... boat ashore. Near them are other sailing boats, their sails furled, seemingly anchored in the stream. Larger vessels—sailing ships—are driven by the breeze across the river estuary or an inreaching arm of the sea. And on the far horizon ...
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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