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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... Mountain Ravine (drawing, M.1 3), original for engraving known as “Alpine Landscape with Deep Valley ” (B9), engraved by Jerome Cock. Drawing in Louvre, Paris. Engraving and publication by Jerome Cock from now lost original drawings, of ...
... Mountain Ravine (drawing, M.1 3), original for engraving known as “Alpine Landscape with Deep Valley ” (B9), engraved by Jerome Cock. Drawing in Louvre, Paris. Engraving and publication by Jerome Cock from now lost original drawings, of ...
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... mountains and dizzy valleys took good care to look away, insofar as they could safely do so. It was not until the fourteenth century was well under way that a bold soul in Italy first took the drastic step of deliberately climbing a ...
... mountains and dizzy valleys took good care to look away, insofar as they could safely do so. It was not until the fourteenth century was well under way that a bold soul in Italy first took the drastic step of deliberately climbing a ...
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... 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 surviving prints, one comes closest to it through a ...
... 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 surviving prints, one comes closest to it through a ...
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... Mountain Ravine” in Charles de Tolnay's The Drawing; of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Tolnay considers it to be the sole surviving original working drawing of the series; a couple of other drawings of subjects from among the twelve he ...
... Mountain Ravine” in Charles de Tolnay's The Drawing; of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Tolnay considers it to be the sole surviving original working drawing of the series; a couple of other drawings of subjects from among the twelve he ...
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... mountain at the left of that drawing appears here in reversed position and somewhat altered form as the tallest mountain on the skyline, slightly left of center. This same mountain, with its rather characteristic “cutaway ” shape, is ...
... mountain at the left of that drawing appears here in reversed position and somewhat altered form as the tallest mountain on the skyline, slightly left of center. This same mountain, with its rather characteristic “cutaway ” shape, is ...
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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