Bruegel’s Winter Scenes
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Historians and Art Historians in Dialogue
Edited by Tine Luk Meganck and Sabine van Sprang
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This focused volume presents a deep exploration and new interpretations of the winter paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525–1569). By applying new methodological approaches and interdisciplinary research to these masterpieces of Flemish Renaissance art, including Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap (1565) and The Census at Bethlehem (1566), both at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the book offers an enhanced understanding of the painter’s relationship to his time and the extent to which his winter landscapes were meant to reflect real-life situations. After tracing how these paintings have been understood over time, the essays propose new insights into such issues as whether Bruegel depicts the plight of the local populace during winter and whether The Census at Bethlehem challenges or reaffirms central power structures. Abundantly illustrated, Bruegel’s Winter Scenes is both a thorough examination and a celebration of these widely admired images.
Distributed for Mercatorfonds.
Sabine van Sprang is curator and Tine L. Meganck is researcher, both at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
ISBN: 9780300236927
Publication Date: February 12, 2019
Publishing Partner: Distributed for Mercatorfonds.
Publication Date: February 12, 2019
Publishing Partner: Distributed for Mercatorfonds.
248 pages, 9 1/2 x 11 13/16
186 color illus.
186 color illus.
Sales Restrictions: World except for Benelux
