The life and work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Re:The life and work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder by kashyapc on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:58AM (#35859539)

Nice to see Bruegel on HN. Google's "Arts and Culture" project has some splendid high-resolution images[1] of some of Bruegel's works.

E.g. See this[2] detailed explanation of one of his classics, "Harvesters". And here are some other fun paintings, "Hunters in the Snow"[3] and "Dutch Proverbs"[4] — this one has about 126 literal illustrations of Dutch-language proverbs; you can read the list of proverbs here[5].

[1] https://artsandculture.google.com/story/VQVR2ypjgSxiIQ?hl=en

[2] "Harvesters" -- https://artsandculture.google.com/story/kQUxmAo9GNvEJA?hl=en

[3] "Hunters in the snow" -- https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/hunters-in-the-snow-...

[4] "The Dutch Proverbs" https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-dutch-proverbs-p...

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#Proverb...

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Re:The life and work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder by nelox on Monday May 08, 2023 @06:06AM (#35859902)

Visit https://insidebruegel.net to view high-resolution images of all the paintings by Bruegel in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Macrophotography, infrared macrophotography, infrared reflectography and X-radiography images are available.

The most comprehensive exhibition of his work to date, was held by the museum in 2018-2019. The exhibition catalogue is magnificent : https://hannibalbooks.be/bruegel-the-hand-of-the-master-the-...

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Re:The life and work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder by kashyapc on Monday May 08, 2023 @08:08AM (#35860671)

Thanks for the excellent references! (I was recently planning to be in Vienna to check out some of these works at the Kunsthistorisches.)

Ah the 2018-2019 exhibition you're referring to was done for his 450th anniversary. I recall going on a "Bruegel binge" and visited some 5 exhibitions in 2019 winter in Brussels and Antwerp. It was outstanding. One of the memorable exhibitions was an immersive experience in Brussels: four entire rooms were projected, from floor to ceiling, with Bruegel's works, slowly zooming in while beautiful piano music played.

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Re:The life and work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder by malermeister on Monday May 08, 2023 @08:55AM (#35861045)

The KHM is a world-class museum that is nowhere near as famous internationally as it should be, imo.

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