The sense of a scene: Pieter Bruegel’s mastery of composition and community The great Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1569) was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, who made his art historical mark with beautiful, evocative landscapes as well as religious subjects, both notable for their vernacular language and attention to everyday, contemporary ...(展开全部)

Pieter Brueghel was the first important member of a family of artists who were active for four generations. Firstly a drawer before becoming a painter later, he painted religious themes, such as Babel

Manfred Sellink, author also of Bruegel: The Complete Paintings, Drawings and Prints, is the director of City Museums of Bruges, and is a former curator at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam.

Manfred Sellink, author also of Bruegel: The Complete Paintings, Drawings and Prints, is the director of City Museums of Bruges, and is a former curator at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam.

A Renaissance painter and printmaker best known for his landscapes and peasant scenes, Bruegel's paintings were often unsentimental depictions of daily village life. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details - allowing the viewer to appreciate every aspect of the artist's technique ...(展开全部)

Sense of a Scene Pieter Bruegels mastery of composition and community Discover the complete works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the most significant artist of Dutch Renaissance painting. This XL monograph gathers all 39 paintings, 65 drawings, and 89 etchingseach piece a unique witness to both the religious mores and the close-knit folk culture of Bruegels time, from the biblica...(展开全部)

Sense of a Scene Pieter Bruegels mastery of composition and community Discover the complete works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the most significant artist of Dutch Renaissance painting. This XL monograph gathers all 39 paintings, 65 drawings, and 89 etchingseach piece a unique witness to both the religious mores and the close-knit folk culture of Bruegels time, from the biblica...(展开全部)

1568. En ces temps troublés dans les provinces du nord, Philippe II, roi d Espagne, règne en tyran sur les Pays-Bas. Sous la bannière de Guillaume d Orange, ceux qui se nomment eux-mêmes les « gueux » combattent pour la liberté de la Flandre. Initiée comme un combat pour le protestantisme, leur révolte se transforme très vite en une insurrection contre la domination espagnole d...(展开全部)

The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30–1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Alba’s brutal rule as governor of the Netherlands, and the palpable effects of the Inquisition. To this day, the Flemish artist remains shrouded in mystery. We know neither where nor exactly when he was born. But while early scholarsh...(展开全部)

In this visually stunning and much anticipated book, acclaimed art historian Joseph Koerner casts the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel in a completely new light, revealing how the painting of everyday life was born from what seems its polar opposite: the depiction of an enemy hell-bent on destroying us. Supreme virtuoso of the bizarre, diabolic, and outlandish, ...(展开全部)