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 v
... seem wonderful. The best of Bruegel engravings are in the following pages, yet not all of them could be included. Space was limited, and the time came when each inclusion had to be balanced by a deletion. To any readers whose favorites ...
... seem wonderful. The best of Bruegel engravings are in the following pages, yet not all of them could be included. Space was limited, and the time came when each inclusion had to be balanced by a deletion. To any readers whose favorites ...
Page vii
... seems better to acquaint the reader with its presence and nature in advance. It is not necessarily intended to be read first, but rather to be referred to whenever need or desire arises. The aids comprise six sections in the following ...
... seems better to acquaint the reader with its presence and nature in advance. It is not necessarily intended to be read first, but rather to be referred to whenever need or desire arises. The aids comprise six sections in the following ...
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... seems usually to have written; or Shakspeare, as he signed that strange will of his; or even Shaxpere, as with others in the Stratford region. 3. Pronouneing. “Bruegel”. It would be too bad if this book did not lead readers to talk about ...
... seems usually to have written; or Shakspeare, as he signed that strange will of his; or even Shaxpere, as with others in the Stratford region. 3. Pronouneing. “Bruegel”. It would be too bad if this book did not lead readers to talk about ...
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... seems, even the state of mind of the pictured peasants, woodcutters, shepherds, pilgrims, beggars, and burghers. In one of the last-drawn of these, we have two Jewish rabbis, no doubt seen in Brussels, to which city Bruegel moved after ...
... seems, even the state of mind of the pictured peasants, woodcutters, shepherds, pilgrims, beggars, and burghers. In one of the last-drawn of these, we have two Jewish rabbis, no doubt seen in Brussels, to which city Bruegel moved after ...
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... seems to have had his future course in mind—to become an aggressive impresario and publisher of prints. Cock was himself a competent etcher and engraver. These skills were beginning to come into their own. In 15 51 the artists' “union ...
... seems to have had his future course in mind—to become an aggressive impresario and publisher of prints. Cock was himself a competent etcher and engraver. These skills were beginning to come into their own. In 15 51 the artists' “union ...
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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