Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Prints and Drawings
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (640 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300090145 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Plomp and the editor, explore diverse biographical and artistic craft issues e.g., all that is known for certain of Bruegel's life is that, though he painted peasants, and early biographers dubbed him the "`Peasant Bruegel,'" he was in fact an urban intellectual. The exhibit treats these drawings in a new light thanks to the "transformative insight" of the late Hans Mielke i.e., new attributions to Bruegel or his circle, such as a sketch formerly attributed to Hieronymous Bosch. In the introduction and essays, seven scholars, including museum director Philippe de Montebello, Manfred Sellink, Michiel C. The book features 274 illustrations (108 in color): Bruegel's 54 works alongside works by his colleagues, predecessors and successors. Orenstein, features the lesser known works
"wonderful book of illustrations." according to Cristobal C.. This is an excellent book of illustrations. The text is good also, but the quality and format of this book is great for studying Bruegel.. "A "Must Have" book for lovers of prints" according to James. This is a "must have" book for lovers of prints. Everything about this volume is magnificent- the scholarly text, the choice of reproductions, the printing and layout. The reproductions are large enough that the reader can see the cross contour lines and crosshatching. This book does justice to one of the greatest artists in the history of art. It does NOT cover Bruegel's paintings of daily peasant life but rather his prolific output of outstanding landscape and fantasy drawings which were engraved and etched by others under his direction and oversight. Bruegel's visual stories are diverse and his imagination runs riot. Proof of art Proof of art is in strong impact on later generations and timeless appeal: both describe this first major exhibition of PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER: PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. His art had been the source of many copies, of which the most often copied was "Winter landscape with skaters," and late 16th- and early 17th-century imitative works, such as dotted atmosphere and forms around grainy ground and trees by Master of the Mountain Landscapes and Jacob Savery, thick forest wildernesses by Gillis van Coninxloo, and winter skating by Hans Bol. We mainly know him through his art and that of sons Jan and Pieter the Younger: most of
His independent drawings and designs for engravings and etchings, which were carried out by the leading printmakers of his day, have fascinated scholars and the general public alike since they were created. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30-1569) was a remarkable draftsman and designer of prints as well as a great painter. An international group of experts discusses the new Bruegel who has emerged from recent studies, in essays on the artist's life, his contributions as a draftsman and as a printmaker, the survival of his art, and his relationship to the humanism of his day. They also illuminate his genius in entries on all the works in the exhibition. Provenances and references for every work, a bibliography, and an index are supplied.. The new scholarship has been brought to bear in the texts of the present volume, which accompanies a major exhibition of 140 of Bruegel's prints and drawings to be shown at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, from May to August 2001 and at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September to December 2001. They have recently been the subject of research that has g