Pieter Bruegel
Subtitle: drawing the world
By: edited by Eva Michel ; with a foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schröder and contributions by Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, Eva Michel, and Laura Ritter ; translations German-English, Gérard A. Goodrow, Cologne
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9783777428635; 9783777428666
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Pen drawing; Exhibitions; Renaissance Drawing
Other titles: Drawing the world
Description: "Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569) was the greatest Dutch draftsman of the sixteenth century, his drawings highly valued in his lifetime, sold both as originals and through copperplate prints. Though he drew on a long pictorial tradition, he invested his drawings with powerful new subjects and forms, presenting a complicated visual world that was humorous and earthy, yet also astute and deeply critical of the society around him. This lavishly illustrated catalog examines Bruegel's artistic origins and provides an overview of his entire body of work, setting him in the context of forebears such as Hieronymous Bosch while also making a strong case for Bruegel's many innovations in genres as widely diverse as landscape art and social satire."--
Notes: "This catalog has been published on the occasion of the exhibition Pieter Bruegel, Drawing the World. The Albertina Museum, Vienna, September 8-December 3, 2017."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-230).

Texts translated from German into English.

Exhibited: "Pieter Bruegel, Drawing the World", Albertina Museum, Vienna, September 8-December 3, 2017.
Table of contents: title: "He drew very precisely and neatly with the pen" : Pieter Bruegel as draftsman / Eva Michel; title: "In the manner of Hieronymus Bosch" : forms, functions, and methods of artistic appropriation in the graphic work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder / Laura Ritter; title: "This Bruegel has painted many things which cannot be painted" : innovative artistic modes as a means of social criticism / Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat; title: Catalog; title: Biography; title: Register of Bruegel's graphic work at the Albertina Museum.