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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... surviving Bosch drawings something comparable to this Bruegel presentation. It is quite literally a privilege to be able to expressappreciation for the reference material made available by the Library of the Foreword v University of ...
... surviving Bosch drawings something comparable to this Bruegel presentation. It is quite literally a privilege to be able to expressappreciation for the reference material made available by the Library of the Foreword v University of ...
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... surviving PB drawings for which no corresponding engravings are known. To include such a listing of the individual drawings—however worthwhile for an understanding of the artist's over-all creative development—would go beyond the scope ...
... surviving PB drawings for which no corresponding engravings are known. To include such a listing of the individual drawings—however worthwhile for an understanding of the artist's over-all creative development—would go beyond the scope ...
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... surviving drawings, a number of landscapes, river scenes, and the like, for which no corresponding engravings have survived. It seems evident from the character of these drawings that they were not intended originally to serve as models ...
... surviving drawings, a number of landscapes, river scenes, and the like, for which no corresponding engravings have survived. It seems evident from the character of these drawings that they were not intended originally to serve as models ...
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... surviving drawings and in engravings from no longer surviving original drawings, created landscapes more vital, more autonomous, and more expressive than these others. Ebria Feinblatt writes of “the immense, palpitating mountain ranges ...
... surviving drawings and in engravings from no longer surviving original drawings, created landscapes more vital, more autonomous, and more expressive than these others. Ebria Feinblatt writes of “the immense, palpitating mountain ranges ...
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... surviving original working drawing of the series; a couple of other drawings of subjects from among the twelve he believes were merely copies, not from the hand of Bruegel. The drawing is dated 1555. Probably it was completed as one of ...
... surviving original working drawing of the series; a couple of other drawings of subjects from among the twelve he believes were merely copies, not from the hand of Bruegel. The drawing is dated 1555. Probably it was completed as one of ...
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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