Bruegel: With 40 Colour Plates
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few artists have captured the raw vitality of peasant life and the sweeping drama of the natural world quite like Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the sixteenth-century Flemish master whose canvases teem with humanity at its most vivid and unguarded. Gregory Martin's Bruegel presents a richly illustrated study of one of the Northern Renaissance's most celebrated painters, examining the full arc of Bruegel's career — from his early moralistic allegories and dazzling landscape panoramas to his iconic peasant scenes that would define an entire genre of Western art. Accompanied by 40 stunning colour plates, the work brings Bruegel's iconic imagery into sharp focus, allowing readers to appreciate the intricate detail and symbolic depth that make each painting a world unto itself. Martin writes with the authority of a seasoned art historian, guiding the reader through the social, religious, and political currents of sixteenth-century Flanders that shaped Bruegel's singular vision. The analysis illuminates the painter's remarkable ability to layer folk humour with profound philosophical commentary, crafting works that continue to resonate across the centuries. Whether one is a first-time admirer or a seasoned student of Flemish painting, this volume leaves the enduring question hanging in the air: how much of the human condition did Bruegel truly know?
Author: Gregory Martin
Format: Hardback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few artists have captured the raw vitality of peasant life and the sweeping drama of the natural world quite like Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the sixteenth-century Flemish master whose canvases teem with humanity at its most vivid and unguarded. Gregory Martin's Bruegel presents a richly illustrated study of one of the Northern Renaissance's most celebrated painters, examining the full arc of Bruegel's career — from his early moralistic allegories and dazzling landscape panoramas to his iconic peasant scenes that would define an entire genre of Western art. Accompanied by 40 stunning colour plates, the work brings Bruegel's iconic imagery into sharp focus, allowing readers to appreciate the intricate detail and symbolic depth that make each painting a world unto itself. Martin writes with the authority of a seasoned art historian, guiding the reader through the social, religious, and political currents of sixteenth-century Flanders that shaped Bruegel's singular vision. The analysis illuminates the painter's remarkable ability to layer folk humour with profound philosophical commentary, crafting works that continue to resonate across the centuries. Whether one is a first-time admirer or a seasoned student of Flemish painting, this volume leaves the enduring question hanging in the air: how much of the human condition did Bruegel truly know?