Ebook: The Brueghels
Author: Bruegel Jan, Bruegel Pieter, Bruegel Pieter, Bruegel Jan, Bruegel Pieter, Charles Victoria, Michel Emile, Bruegel Pieter
- Tags: Bruegel Pieter -- approximately 1525-1569 -- Criticism and interpretation., Bruegel Pieter -- 1564-1638 -- Criticism and interpretation., Bruegel Jan -- 1568-1625 -- Criticism and interpretation., Painting Flemish -- 16th century., ART -- History -- General., Bruegel Jan -- 1568-1625, Bruegel Pieter -- 1564-1638, Bruegel Pieter -- approximately 1525-1569, Painting Flemish.
- Series: Temptis
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Parkstone International
- City: New York
- Language: English
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Pieter I Bruegel the Elder was born around 1525, probably near Breda, and died in 1569 in Brussels. In Antwerp, he studied as an apprentice under Pieter Coeck, and later visited Italy to understand the reason for the growing influence of the Italian masters, but his style remained rather different from theirs. Fascinated by people, this "painter of peasants" did not hesitate to paint scenes from the life of common Read more...
Abstract: Pieter I Bruegel the Elder was born around 1525, probably near Breda, and died in 1569 in Brussels. In Antwerp, he studied as an apprentice under Pieter Coeck, and later visited Italy to understand the reason for the growing influence of the Italian masters, but his style remained rather different from theirs. Fascinated by people, this "painter of peasants" did not hesitate to paint scenes from the life of common people, as well as Biblical themes, the humour and restlessness of which strongly invoke Hieronymus Bosch. The contrast between the fineness of his canvases and the apparent simplici