Bruegel

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ISBN 0-8148-0641-4 It is often said that the Netherlands has produced more than its share of the world's great painters. Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, who painted in the middle years of the sixteenth-century, is among the most important of these artistá. As painter of landscapes, Bruegel's works often emphasize religious and morál themes in which his gift for visual satire is given full play. This volume, illustrated by seventy color reproductions, presents the artist and his work in a clear and concise manner, describing his artistic development, the milieu in which he moved and thrived, and alsó the impact of his work on later generations of painters. As a young painter, Bruegel travelled through Italy and Francé and crossed the Alps. Later, in his religious and satirical works, he combined the themes he wished to convey with sweeping landscape backdrops. Many of these backgrounds-reminiscent of French and Italian countrysides-stretch far into the distance and are characterized by a... Tovább

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ISBN 0-8148-0641-4 It is often said that the Netherlands has produced more than its share of the world's great painters. Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, who painted in the middle years of the sixteenth-century, is among the most important of these artistá. As painter of landscapes, Bruegel's works often emphasize religious and morál themes in which his gift for visual satire is given full play. This volume, illustrated by seventy color reproductions, presents the artist and his work in a clear and concise manner, describing his artistic development, the milieu in which he moved and thrived, and alsó the impact of his work on later generations of painters. As a young painter, Bruegel travelled through Italy and Francé and crossed the Alps. Later, in his religious and satirical works, he combined the themes he wished to convey with sweeping landscape backdrops. Many of these backgrounds-reminiscent of French and Italian countrysides-stretch far into the distance and are characterized by a precision of detail gleaned from the painter's earlier travels. Bruegel foregrounds, however, often depict his satirical, sometimes humorous visions of mankind going about its business or pleasure. Thought to have been influenced by Italian painters of his period, especially Titian, Pieter Bruegel perhaps surpasses them in his masterly blending of man and the world about him. Vissza