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100 1 _aHonig, Elizabeth A.,
245 1 0 _aPieter Bruegel and the idea of human nature /
_cElizabeth Alice Honig.
264 1 _aLondon, UK :
_bReaktion Books,
_c2019.
264 4 _c©2019.
300 _a269 pages :
_billustrations (chiefly color) ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
490 0 _aRenaissance lives.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 246-259) and index.
520 _aIn sixteenth-century Northern Europe, during a time of increasing religious and political conflict, Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel explored how people perceived human nature. Bruegel turned his critical eye and peerless paintbrush to mankind's labors and pleasures, its foibles and rituals of daily life, portraying landscapes, peasant life, and biblical scenes in startling detail. Much like the great humanist scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam, Bruegel questioned how well we really know ourselves and also how we know, or visually read, others. His work often represented mankind's ignorance and insignificance, emphasizing the futility of ambition and the absurdity of pride. This superbly illustrated volume examines how Bruegel's art and ideas enabled people to ponder what it meant to be human. Published to coincide with the four-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of Bruegel's death, it will appeal to all those interested in art and philosophy, the Renaissance, and Flemish painting.
600 1 0 _aBruegel, Pieter,
_dapproximately 1525-1569
_xThemes, motives.
650 0 _aPainters
_zBelgium
_y16th century
_vBiography.
650 0 _aPainting, Flemish.
650 0 _aPainting, Renaissance.
650 0 _aHumanity in art.
700 1 2 _aBruegel, Pieter,
_dapproximately 1525-1569.
_tWorks.
_kSelections.
999 _c236571
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