Pieter the elder bruegel biography book

Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (/ˈbrɔɪɡəl/ BROY-gəl, US also /ˈbruːɡəl/ BROO-gəl; Dutch: [ˈpitər ˈbrøːɣəl] ; c.

Account Options Logga in. Skaffa tryckt exemplar. Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Pieter Bruegel , Wolfgang Stechow. Pieter Bruegel the Elder is one of the greatest Netherlandish artists. Little is known about his life. Amazingly, his large body of work spans only some sixteen years, from about to his death in In this book the late Professor Wolfgang Stechow brilliantly shows the variety and originality of Bruegel's subject matter, the depth of his beliefs, the moralizing attitudes displayed in many of his scenes, the subtlety of his compositions, and the brilliance of his color palette.

He analyzes Bruegel's early landscape and biblical paintings, his magnificent drawings and designs for engravings, and shows in his lucid text, and with many comparative illustrations, the influence of earlier artists.

This biography charts Bruegel's life—from his apprenticeship in Brussels and steady work for an Antwerp printer to his renowned landscapes, paintings of peasants, and.

With great insight the late Professor Stechow writes about the art of this complex personality and comments in detail on the forty splendid full-page colorplates. Abrams , - sidor Pieter Bruegel the Elder is one of the greatest Netherlandish artists. Pieter Bruegel the Elder Library of great painters Masters of art series.