Skip to main content
Pieter Bruegel

Pieter Bruegel

Silver, Larry, 1947-
Book 2011

The exciting recent rediscovery in Spain of a missing canvas by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (circa 1525-69) has jolted a revived public awareness of the great Flemish painter and his work. Best known for his amusing depictions of peasants, landscapes, and Bosch-like fantasies, Bruegel also created a wide range of highly original interpretations of religious themes in an era marked by religious controversies. Over a career of two decades as both a pr...

Item Details & Discovery

Explore Topics & Themes:
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569 Catalogues raisonnés
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569 Criticism and interpretation
More in this Genre:
ISBN:
9780789211040
Edition:
First edition
Description:
464 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
Notes:
Simultaneously published in Paris, France in 2011 by Éditio-Éditions Citadelles and Mazenod
Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-460) and indexes
Contents:
Introduction
God in the details : Christ carrying the cross (1564)
Bruegel at Antwerp
Hieronymus Cock, Bruegel's printmaker
Bruegel as a landscape architect
The "second Bosch": Bruegel adapts a tradition
Parables, proverbs, and pastimes
Religion and tradition : Antwerp, early 1560s
Religious imagery in a time of troubles
Bruegel's peasant festivity
Social stresses and strains
Bruegel's legacy
Conclusion
LCCN:
2011024612
Control Number:
2747119
Other Authors:
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569
View in Classic Catalog

We respect and acknowledge that Southeast Regional Library has branches and headquarters on  Treaty 2 and Treaty 4 territories, which are
traditional territories of the nēhiyawak (Cree), Nahkawē (Saulteaux), Nakota, Dakota, Lakota, and the Métis Nation. View our Commitment to Reconciliation

© Southeast Regional Library
Home Page | SILS Privacy Policy