Pieter Bruegel the Elder: at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 888118320X ISBN 13: 9788881183203

Publisher: Skira Editore, 1998

Synopsis

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1528/30-1569) is famous for having elevated the status of landscape painting. He is also considered to be the greatest sixteenth-century Flemish master of scenes from ordinary life. This beautifully illustrated volume presents twelve world-famous masterpieces shown in full color, both in their entirety and in close-up detail.

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder at the Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna:

Synopsis:

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1528/30-1569) is one of the best-loved artists in the history of Western art. Famous for having elevated the status of landscape painting until it became a virtually independent genre, he is also considered to be the greatest 16th-century Flemish master of scenes from ordinary life. This volume presents the collection of paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder belonging to the Kunsthistorisches Museum. It features 12 world-famous masterpieces: "The Tower of Babel", "Peasant Wedding", "Peasant Dance", "Hunters in the Snow", "Children's Games", "The Fight Between Carneval and Lent", "The Procession to Calvary", "The Gloomy Day", "The Return of the Herd", "The Peasant and the Nest Robber", "The Conversion of St Paul" and "Suicide of Saul".

About this edition

• Publisher: Skira Editore
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 888118320X
• ISBN 13: 9788881183203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Wilfried Seipel