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Pieter Bruegel
Larry Silver
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The exciting rediscovery in Spain of a missing canvas by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-69) has jolted a revived public awareness of this great Flemish painter. 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 printmaker and a painter, he found his artistic niche in Europe's leading center of international trade, the emerging "capital of capitalism", Antwerp. This new full-length study examines all works by Pieter ... Read more
The exciting rediscovery in Spain of a missing canvas by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-69) has jolted a revived public awareness of this great Flemish painter. 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 printmaker and a painter, he found his artistic niche in Europe's leading center of international trade, the emerging "capital of capitalism", Antwerp. This new full-length study examines all works by Pieter ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
3860g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780789211040
SKU
V9780789211040
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About Larry Silver
Larry Silver, a historian of Northern Renaissance art, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is currently Farquhar Professor of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania. His other books include Hieronymus Bosch (Abbeville Press), the general survey Art in History, and Landscapes and Peasant Scenes: The Rise of Pictorial Genres in the Antwerp Art Market.
Reviews for Pieter Bruegel
Praise for author Larry Silver's Hieronymous Bosch: "Enormously impressive in its scholarly detail." -Art Times "Every page proclaims high seriousness. This is the scholarly volume on the artist for our time." -Arizona Daily Star "His explications of the paintings and their influence on other artists, most notably Pieter Bruegel the Elder, contain many fresh insights." -Bloomsbury Review