Pieter Bruegel's historical imagination
By: Stephanie Porras
Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780271070896
Subjects: History in art; Criticism and interpretation; Peasants in art; Netherlandish Painting
Description: "Explores the historical imagination of the late sixteenth-century Netherlandish painter Pieter Bruegel, focusing on the complex interplay of classical antiquity, local history, and art history"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : peasants and pagans; title: The archaeological peasant; title: Hybrid histories; title: Bacchic excess; title: Bruegel's art history; title: Conclusion : Bruegel as history.