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020			_a9783836556897
082			_aARTS _bMUL
100			_aMüller, Jürgen
245		0	_aPieter Bruegel: The Complete Works
260			_aGermany _bTaschen GmbH _c2019
300			_a492 _c31 x 6 x 46 cm _rHardbound
504			_aThe life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30–1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Alba’s brutal rule as governor of the Netherlands, and the palpable effects of the Inquisition. To this day, the Flemish artist remains shrouded in mystery. We know neither where nor exactly when he was born. But while early scholarship emphasized the vernacular character of his painting and graphic work, modern research has attached greater importance to its humanistic content. Starting out as a print designer for publisher Hieronymus Cock, Bruegel produced numerous print series that were distributed throughout Europe. These depicted vices and virtues alongside jolly peasant festivals and sweeping landscape panoramas. He would eventually increasingly turn to painting, working for the cultural elite of Antwerp and Brussels. This monograph is a testament to Bruegel’s evolution as an artist, one who bravely confronted the issues of his day all the while proposing new inventions and solutions. Rather than idealizing reality, he addressed the horrors of religious warfare and took a critical stand against the institution of the Church. To this end, he developed his own pictorial language of dissidence, lacing innocuous everyday scenes with subliminal statements in order to escape repercussions.
650			_aArt
650			_aArt history
650			_aLandscapes
650			_aRenaissance
650			_aSeascapes
650			_aStill life
700			_aSchauerte, Thomas _eCo-author
942			_cBKS
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