Bruegel  
Author(s): Sandra Forty
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The Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel—sometimes called Peasant Bruegel—was the first great artist to paint scenes of ordinary peasant life and show the common man and woman as they went about their daily tasks and amusements. He is credited with bringing a humanizing spirit to painting— something that was lacking in medieval works and entirely absent from contemporary Renaissance paintings. His compositions are full of rich details and reward close examination; in fact, they are used by cultural historians as source material for old Flemish customs, styles of dress, cultivation, and many other aspects of 16th-century everyday life. In 1563 Bruegel painted one of his most famous works, The Tower of Babel, for the first time; during his lifetime, he painted the subject three times. Called a figurative allegory, The Tower of Babel tells a story from the Old Testament, Genesis 11:1–9. The theme is the futility of human ambition and commercial greed. Other subjects, many produced as prints, included the seven deadly sins (or vices) and the seven virtues. At his death in 1569, his old friend Ortelius described him as “the most perfect painter of his time.” His two sons Pieter and Jan, also accomplished artists, followed in their father’s footsteps, firmly establishing the Brueg(h)el name in the art history books.
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The Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel—sometimes called Peasant Bruegel—was the first great artist to paint scenes of ordinary peasant life and show the common man and woman as they went about their daily tasks and amusements. He is credited with bringing a humanizing spirit to painting— something that was lacking in medieval works and entirely absent from contemporary Renaissance paintings. His compositions are full of rich details and reward close examination; in fact, they are used by cultural historians as source material for old Flemish customs, styles of dress, cultivation, and many other aspects of 16th-century everyday life. In 1563 Bruegel painted one of his most famous works, The Tower of Babel, for the first time; during his lifetime, he painted the subject three times. Called a figurative allegory, The Tower of Babel tells a story from the Old Testament, Genesis 11:1–9. The theme is the futility of human ambition and commercial greed. Other subjects, many produced as prints, included the seven deadly sins (or vices) and the seven virtues. At his death in 1569, his old friend Ortelius described him as “the most perfect painter of his time.” His two sons Pieter and Jan, also accomplished artists, followed in their father’s footsteps, firmly establishing the Brueg(h)el name in the art history books.
Table of contents
  • Coverpage
  • Copyright
  • Titlepage
  • PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER
  • Plate 1 LANDSCAPE WITH CHRIST APPEARING TO THE APOSTLES AT THE SEA OF TIBERIUS
  • Plate 2 THE ADORATION OF THE KINGS
  • Plate 3 THE ASS IN THE SCHOOL
  • Plate 4 BIG FISH EAT LITTLE FISH
  • Plate 5 PARABLE OF THE SOWER
  • Plate 6 THE ADORATION OF THE KINGS IN THE SNOW
  • Plate 7 THE FALL OF ICARUS
  • Plate 8 DETAIL: THE FALL OF ICARUS
  • Plate 9 BATTLE OFF THE PORT OF NAPLES
  • Plate 10 DETAIL: BATTLE OFF THE PORT OF NAPLES
  • Plate 11 TWELVE PROVERBS ON WOODEN PLATES
  • Plate 12 SLOTH (DESIDIA) FROM THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS SERIES
  • Plate 13 GREED (AVARITIA) FROM THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS SERIES
  • Plate 14 LUST (LUXURIA) FROM THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS SERIES
  • Plate 15 PRIDE (SUPERBIA) FROM THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS SERIES
  • Plate 16 GLUTTONY (GULA) FROM THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS SERIES
  • Plate 17 ANGER (IRA) FROM THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS SERIES
  • Plate 18 ENVY (INVIDIA) FROM THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS SERIES
  • Plate 19 FIGHT BETWEEN CARNIVAL AND LENT
  • Plate 20 DETAIL: FIGHT BETWEEN CARNIVAL AND LENT
  • Plate 21 NETHERLANDISH PROVERBS
  • Plate 22 DETAIL: NETHERLANDISH PROVERBS
  • Plate 23 CHARITY (CHARITAS) FROM THE SEVEN VIRTUES SERIES
  • Plate 24 FAITH (FIDES) FROM THE SEVEN VIRTUES SERIES
  • Plate 25 FORTITUDE (FORTITUDO) FROM THE SEVEN VIRTUES SERIES
  • Plate 26 HOPE (SPES) FROM THE SEVEN VIRTUES SERIES
  • Plate 27 JUSTICE (JUSTICIA) FROM THE SEVEN VIRTUES SERIES
  • Plate 28 PRUDENCE (PRUDENCIA) FROM THE SEVEN VIRTUES SERIES
  • Plate 29 TEMPERANCE (TEMPERANTIA) FROM THE SEVEN VIRTUES SERIES
  • Plate 30 THE FAIR OF SAINT GEORGE’S DAY
  • Plate 31 CHILDREN’S GAMES
  • Plate 32 DETAIL: CHILDREN’S GAMES
  • Plate 33 THE RABBIT HUNT
  • Plate 34 MAD MEG
  • Plate 35 FALL OF REBEL ANGELS
  • Plate 36 DETAIL: FALL OF REBEL ANGELS
  • Plate 37 THE SUICIDE OF SAUL
  • Plate 38 DETAIL: THE SUICIDE OF SAUL
  • Plate 39 TWO MONKEYS
  • Plate 40 POTRAIT OF AN OLD WOMAN
  • Plate 41 THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH
  • Plate 42 DETAIL: THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH
  • Plate 43 LANDSCAPE WITH THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
  • Plate 44 THE TOWER OF BABEL
  • Plate 45 THE TOWER OF BABEL
  • Plate 46 THE PROCESSION TO CALVARY
  • Plate 47 DETAIL: THE PROCESSION TO CALVARY
  • Plate 48 CHRIST AND THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY
  • Plate 49 THE DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN
  • Plate 50 THE GLOOMY DAY
  • Plate 51 HAYMAKING
  • Plate 52 THE HARVESTERS
  • Plate 53 THE RETURN OF THE HERD
  • Plate 54 HUNTERS IN THE SNOW
  • Plate 55 WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH SKATERS AND A BIRD TRAP
  • Plate 56 THE CENSUS AT BETHLEHEM
  • Plate 57 DETAIL: THE CENSUS AT BETHLEHEM
  • Plate 58 THE WEDDING DANCE
  • Plate 59 THE LAND OF COCKAIGNE
  • Plate 60 MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS
  • Plate 61 DETAIL: MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS
  • Plate 62 THE WINE OF SAINT MARTIN’S DAY
  • Plate 63 THE CONVERSION OF SAUL
  • Plate 64 THE PEASANT DANCE
  • Plate 65 DETAIL: THE PEASANT DANCE
  • Plate 66 THE PEASANT WEDDING
  • Plate 67 DETAIL: THE PEASANT WEDDING
  • Plate 68 STORM AT SEA
  • Plate 69 DETAIL: STORM AT SEA
  • Plate 70 THE BEGGARS
  • Plate 71 DETAIL: THE BEGGARS
  • Plate 72 THE PEASANT AND THE BIRDNESTER
  • Plate 73 DETAIL: THE PEASANT AND THE BIRDNESTER
  • Plate 74 THE THREE SOLDIERS
  • Plate 75 THE MISANTHROPE
  • Plate 76 THE PARABLE OF THE BLIND
  • Plate 77 DETAIL: THE PARABLE OF THE BLIND
  • Plate 78 THE MAGPIE ON THE GALLOWS
  • Plate 79 DETAIL: THE MAGPIE ON THE GALLOWS
  • INDEX
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