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Part of The Library of Great Painters Series, this paperbsack edition about the artist, his life and work, includes 9 tipped-in color plates of the artist's works. ... Read more

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An exellent introduction to the work of Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the elder created some spectacular color portraits depicting his native Netherlands in the middle of the sixteenth century. At the time, the Netherlands was ruled by the Spanish king, although it was a bit freer than Spain in the political sense. The ten color prints of his most famous paintings depict general scenes of life. The scenes are:

*) "The Battle Between Carnival and Lent", an outdoor village festival in the spring
*) "The Triumph of Death", a depiction of mass death
*) "The Harvesters", a scene of the fall harvest of wheat
*) "Hunters in the Snow", two men returning with their dogs from a winter hunting expedition
*) "The Wedding Dance", a scene of mass dancing immediately after a wedding
*) "The Massacre of the Innocents", a scene depicting the Netherlands version of Herod's slaughter of young children
*) "The Conversion of Saul", a mountain landscape depicting the moment when Saul is felled in his trek to Damascus
*) "The Land of Cockayne", a scene of people nearly passed out from gluttony
*) "The Peasant Wedding", an indoor scene of a feast after a wedding
*) "The Adoration of the Magi", where a naked newborn is presented to a mass of soldiers and a few men bearing gifts.

The prints in this book are very well done, with colors of deep contrast, enhancing the detail of the paintings. This book is an excellent introduction to this artist's work.
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Chapters: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jacobus Van Meteren, Tiësto, Jurgen Van Den Goorbergh, Adriaen Van Der Donck, Ramon Dekkers, Sébastien Léger, Colonel Tom Parker, Jos Van Der Lans, Paul Van Buitenen, Hans Van Mierlo, Antoon Verlegh, Marleen Van Iersel, Jan Ingenhousz, Edzo Toxopeus, Jason de Jong, Jacques Visschers, Martin Desjardins, Arthur Jerome Drossaerts, Funkerman, Jacob Campo Weyerman, Ronnie Stam, Corry Brokken, Marcel Cas, Ruud Van Empel, Carl Frei, Kees Rijvers, Sylvie Van Der Vaart, Radulph of Rivo, Tom Stuifbergen, Johannes Bosscha, Michiel Mol, René of Châlon, Evert Collier, Ton Lokhoff, Paul Schnabel, Jean-Paul Van Gastel, Hanro Smitsman, Kristoffer Zegers, Karin Brienesse, Jamal Akachar, Frans Bouwmeester, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Maria of Nassau, Cor Fijneman, Joep Gommers, Leo Canjels, Martien Vreijsen, Kees Van Ierssel, Pieter Van Woensel, Remco Van Wijk, Abraham Jacob Van Imbijze Van Batenburg, John O'mill, Boudewijn Vincent Bonebakker, Frits Pirard, Hubertus Ernst, Hans Van Tongeren, Pels Rijcken, Willem Van Der Hoeven, Albert Kluyver, Ton Cornelissen, Daisy de Peinder, Marjan Smit, Karel Schummelketel, Nico Rijnders, Wilko de Vogt, Wim Boost, Tim Hofstede, Marlijn Muller, Teun Struycken, Arijan Van Bavel. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 248. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tiësto OON (Dutch pronunciation: ; born Tijs Michiel Verwest on January 17, 1969) is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto. On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is a twist of his childhood nickname. In 1997 he founded the label Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink, where he released the Magik a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=892372 ... Read more

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Title: Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Two studies.
Author: Nina Eugenia Serebrennikov
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1996
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: v49Issue: n3Page: p678(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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Comic Strip from the 1500s.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a keen-eyed chronicler of his times--he showed us exactly how it was to live in the Lowlands in the 16th Century!In doing so, his "Netherlandish Proverbs" becomes a view of all of the idoms or parables of his peers.

Dundes collaborates with Claudia Stibbe to produce not only a view of the comic antics of the people at that time and place, but their language as well.

The limitation of this work is that even using the best of current linguistic archeology, there are images for which there is no extant parable. (Compare other analyses done in France and Germany.) ... Read more