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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... paintings. On the other hand, the graphic works are not incidental to or unimportant alongside the paintings. Who would want to give up either? It is good fortune that modern methods of reproduction make it possible for those who are ...
... paintings. On the other hand, the graphic works are not incidental to or unimportant alongside the paintings. Who would want to give up either? It is good fortune that modern methods of reproduction make it possible for those who are ...
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... Painting: (Complete Edition). London, 1955. 206 pp., including 58 pp. preliminary text and 1;; plates. TOLNAY, C. DE. The Drawing: of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. New York, 195 z. 95 pp. text and notes; 96 pp. of plates, reproducihg 123 ...
... Painting: (Complete Edition). London, 1955. 206 pp., including 58 pp. preliminary text and 1;; plates. TOLNAY, C. DE. The Drawing: of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. New York, 195 z. 95 pp. text and notes; 96 pp. of plates, reproducihg 123 ...
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... Paintings, which appears as the fourth item in the English part of the preceding list of references. A single painting may be illustrated by more than one plate, and in such case will be indicated by a range of numbers. The abbreviation ...
... Paintings, which appears as the fourth item in the English part of the preceding list of references. A single painting may be illustrated by more than one plate, and in such case will be indicated by a range of numbers. The abbreviation ...
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... (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 Hoefnagel survives, known as ...
... (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 Hoefnagel survives, known as ...
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... paintings. “The Poor Kitchen” (B.i54) and “The Rich Kitchen” (B.159), engravings by vdH from PB originals now lost. “The Tower of Babel” (painting, G.5o, etc.), in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. “The Flight into Egypt” (painting, G ...
... paintings. “The Poor Kitchen” (B.i54) and “The Rich Kitchen” (B.159), engravings by vdH from PB originals now lost. “The Tower of Babel” (painting, G.5o, etc.), in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. “The Flight into Egypt” (painting, G ...
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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