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 vii
... subject matter in the drawings by Bruegel from which were made the engravings here reproduced. This diversity is here presented in eight sections, an arrangement based solely on the writer's considered judgment and not on any ...
... subject matter in the drawings by Bruegel from which were made the engravings here reproduced. This diversity is here presented in eight sections, an arrangement based solely on the writer's considered judgment and not on any ...
Page viii
... subject matter, not on their personalities or characters. . . . After all, in the sixteenth century, spelling consistency did not matter much, even to quite literate people. Cross the Channel and consider the case of one William ...
... subject matter, not on their personalities or characters. . . . After all, in the sixteenth century, spelling consistency did not matter much, even to quite literate people. Cross the Channel and consider the case of one William ...
Page x
... subjects in series known as The Twelve Large landscapes. “ The Temptation of St. Anthony ” (drawing, M. 1 27), now in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Engraved, probably by vdH, in same year (Bug). “The Ass at School” (drawing, M429), now in ...
... subjects in series known as The Twelve Large landscapes. “ The Temptation of St. Anthony ” (drawing, M. 1 27), now in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Engraved, probably by vdH, in same year (Bug). “The Ass at School” (drawing, M429), now in ...
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... subject matter of this book. Some day soon, let us hope, they may appear as reproductions in a popular and inexpensive volume, for they deserve it. Finally, related to such “private” productions are at least two pictures, all in black ...
... subject matter of this book. Some day soon, let us hope, they may appear as reproductions in a popular and inexpensive volume, for they deserve it. Finally, related to such “private” productions are at least two pictures, all in black ...
Page 4
... subjects were attributed to Bruegel originals. Bastelaer's great catalog, which truly deserves to be called monumental, listed some 278 subjects and reproduced most of them. However, later and more sophisticated scholarship has excluded ...
... subjects were attributed to Bruegel originals. Bastelaer's great catalog, which truly deserves to be called monumental, listed some 278 subjects and reproduced most of them. However, later and more sophisticated scholarship has excluded ...
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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