The complexity and variety of sixteenth-century Netherlandish art endow it with a particular dynamism. It was in the sixteenth century that drawing attained an independent status as an art in itself, distinct from painting; landscape increasingly became a separate genre; and artists consciously referred to the great masters of the past, showing the tremendous influence of Italian art in their own works. This volume documents the unique qualities of the art of drawing during the age of Bruegel. Designed to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art and The Pierpont Morgan Library, the book is also an invaluable scholarly record. In addition to 123 catalogue entries and more than 350 reproductions of rarely-seen drawings, three in-depth essays contain discussions of the art of the period. Its development is traced from a late medieval style at the end of the fifteenth century to the influence of the Italian Renaissance and mannerism in the 1500s, and ultimately to the beginning of the baroque period in the early 1600s. The detailed entries encompass works by sixty-two artists, including Hieronymus Bosch, Jan Gossaert, Lucas van Leyden, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Karel van Mander, and others. The book will interest specialists and also general readers attracted by the warmth of Netherlandish art.
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'With this special ability to give pictorial shape to the flesh and blood, foibles and strengths of human existence, Pieter Bruegel remains an example of what art can be.' The New York Times
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The sixteenth century stands apart from all that preceded it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
indented for transfer, village kermis, white body color, brown ink over black chalk, red chalk studies, earliest dated work, van heemskerck, light brown ink, dark brown ink, glass roundel, gray wash, pen technique, chalk portraits, compositional sketch, drawing exhibited, chalk study, master drawings, brown wash, mannerist style, surviving drawings, van noort, small landscapes, parallel strokes, des dessins, landscape drawings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Museum, Pieter Coecke, Pieter Bruegel, Lucas van Leyden, New York, Hendrick Goltzius, Paul Bril, Jacques de Gheyn, Jacques Savery, Jan Gossaert, Jan Brueghel, Frans Floris, Maerten van Heemskerck, Albrecht Dürer, Jan de Beer, Jan Swart, Roelandt Savery, Cornelis van Haarlem, Fondation Custodia, Hans Bol, Filedt Kok, Jan van Scorel, Gerard David, Cornelis Engebrechtsz, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts New!
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The sixteenth century stands apart from all that preceded it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
indented for transfer, village kermis, white body color, brown ink over black chalk, red chalk studies, earliest dated work, van heemskerck, light brown ink, dark brown ink, glass roundel, gray wash, pen technique, chalk portraits, compositional sketch, drawing exhibited, chalk study, master drawings, brown wash, mannerist style, surviving drawings, van noort, small landscapes, parallel strokes, des dessins, landscape drawings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Museum, Pieter Coecke, Pieter Bruegel, Lucas van Leyden, New York, Hendrick Goltzius, Paul Bril, Jacques de Gheyn, Jacques Savery, Jan Gossaert, Jan Brueghel, Frans Floris, Maerten van Heemskerck, Albrecht Dürer, Jan de Beer, Jan Swart, Roelandt Savery, Cornelis van Haarlem, Fondation Custodia, Hans Bol, Filedt Kok, Jan van Scorel, Gerard David, Cornelis Engebrechtsz, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts New!
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- Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights (Prestel Xl S.) by Melanie Klier on page 63, page 75, and Back Matter
- Hieronymus Bosch by Bax on page 75, page 76, and Back Matter
- Hieronymus Bosch by Jacques Combe on page 75, and page 76
- The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints, Vol. 1 by Jacobus de Voragine on page 57, and Back Matter
- Pieter Bruegel (Great Artists) by Adam G. Klein on page 101, and page 102
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- Peasant Scenes and Landscapes: The Rise of Pictorial Genres in the Antwerp Art Market by Larry Silver in Back Matter
- The Art of Commedia: A Study in the Commedia dell'Arte, 1560-1620, with Special Reference to the Visual Records (Internationale Forschungen zur ... & Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft) by M. A. Katritzky on page 279
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