Bruegel : the master / Elke Oberthaler, Sabine Pénot, Manfred Sellink and Ron Spronk, with Alice Hoppe-Harnoncourt ; under the direction of Sabine Haag.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: London, England : Thames & Hudson, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 303 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 28 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780500239841
- 0500239843
- Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569, Paintings. Selections [artist.]
- Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569 -- Exhibitions
- Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569 -- Themes, motives
- Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569 -- Technique
- Painting, Renaissance -- Benelux countries -- 16th century -- Exhibitions
- Painting, Netherlandish -- 16th century -- Exhibitions
- Genre painting -- Benelux countries -- 16th century -- Exhibitions
- Genre painting, Renaissance -- Benelux countries -- 16th century -- Exhibitions
- Landscape painting, Northern European -- 16th century -- Exhibitions
- Landscape painting, Renaissance -- Benelux countries -- 16th century -- Exhibitions
- Peasants in art -- 16th century -- Exhibitions
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
On the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1525/30-1569) the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna is mounting the first-ever large monograph exhibition of the leading Netherlandish painter of the 16th century. Only around forty paintings by Bruegel have survived, which is why museums and private collectors are right to count Bruegel's paintings among their most precious and fragile holdings.
Bruegel's popularity continues to be informed by his often socio-critical but always varied, entertaining and powerful compositions. They invite the spectator both to begin an artistic discourse with the work and to reflect on the complexity of its content. This spectacular catalogue invites readers to immerse themselves in the world of the Netherlandish master. The results of recent research on materials and techniques allow us to focus on Bruegel's creative process: his perfect handling and execution, his virtuoso use of colour and his draughtsmanship - these are some of the many mysteries of this great artist. Bruegel's inventions and stories create artworks with a timeless power.
This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Bruegel, held in Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, from 2 October 2018 to 13 January 2019.
The book is complemented by an e-book featuring five further essays by the curators, who present the fruits of recent research on the artist's materials and techniques, focusing on the bruegel collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum with particular reference to provenance, conservation history and past art-historical research.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-301).
Foreword / Geert Bourgeois -- Preface / Sabine Haag -- Introduction to the Exhibition / Elke Oberthaller, Sabine Pénot, Manfred Sellink, Ron Spronk, and Alice Hoppe-Harnoncourt -- Leading the Eye and Staging the Composition: Some Remarks on Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Compositional Techniques / Manfred Sellink -- The Rediscovery of Pieter Bruegel the Elder: the Pioneers of Bruegel Scholarship in Belgium and Vienna / Sabine Pénot -- Antwerp - Brussels - Prague - Vienna: On the Tracks of the Vienna Bruegels / Alice Hoppe-Harnoncourt -- On Pieter Bruegel's Creative Process / Ron Spronk -- Materials and Techniques: Observations on Pieter Bruegel's Working Methods as Seen in the Vienna Paintings / Elke Oberthaller.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his work have attained a legendary status in our collective consciousness. The most important Netherlandish painter and draughtsman of the 16th century had already achieved great fame during his own lifetime, but was largely forgotten until his rediscovery by art historians in the early 20th century. Just over forty paintings by Bruegel's own hand survive. His complex, multi-layered compositions, which draw on the earlier pictorial traditions of Hieronymus Bosch, are often moralizing, and teem with characters. The variety of subjects and their originality of execution inspire wonder to this day. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, this spectacular catalogue allows readers to immerse themselves in the immensely rich pictorial world of the Netherlandish master. In uniting the artist's works in different media--paintings, drawings, and prints--it highlights his perfect handling and executive, his virtuoso use of color and his draftsmanship." --publisher's description, dust jacket.
"Bruegel" : October 2, 2018-January 13, 2019, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Text in English.