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An introduction to the work of Pieter Bruegel.

Keith Roberts

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Panoramica

One of a series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art
This volume on Bruegel contains an extensive essay, 48 full-page colour plates, and is accompanied by extensive notes and comparative illustrations
Provides incomparable value
Highly regarded for its insight and authority

Specifiche

Paperback
English
305 x 225 mm, 12 x 8 7/8 in
128 pp
50 Illustrazioni a colori, 36 Illustrazioni in bianco e nero
ISBN-13: 9780714822396
ISBN-10: 0714822396

Il libro

Pieter Bruegel (c.1525-69) was perhaps the greatest sixteenth-century Flemish painter and he is certainly the most popular today. Surprisingly, fewer than fifty of his works have survived, though his episodes from peasant life, landscapes and religious paintings are familiar to all. To each of these themes Bruegel brought remarkable gifts of observation, an unfailing sense of line and a dazzling use of colour. The gaity and heartiness of his scenes of contemporary life are, however, tinged with a wry pessimism; he was a shrewd judge of human nature and his use of Flemish proverbs allowed him to instruct and entertain at the same time. His message is as fresh today as it was four hundred years ago; and his scenes of destruction and terror no less than his paintings of unbridled enjoyment will doubtless be relevant for many generations to come.

The introductory essay by Keith Roberts, has been revised and enlarged with 48 full-page colour plates, notes and black-and-white comparative illustrations by Christopher Brown, who is Chief Curator of the National Gallery, London.

Rassegna stampa

'Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers.' (The Independent)

L'autore

Keith Roberts is the former assistant editor at the Burlington Magazine.

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