Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Triumph of Death was illustrated by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who was widely known for his depictions of large-scale landscapes filled with lively characters and scenes. Pieter was born in 1525 in the Netherlands and died in 1569 in Brussels, Belgium (Pieter Bruegel, the Elder). This painting was created in c.1562 – c.1563, during Bruegel’s Brussels Period of his own art. The medium used for this creation was oil on panel, and it is currently being displayed at Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Other notable works of his include The Hunters in the Snow, Netherlandish Proverbs, and The Peasant Wedding. This painting portrays a harrowing picture, abundant with symbols of death, religion, and war. Skeletons litter the scene, combatting soldiers…

natural order. Leading on from this, Pieter Bruegel’s acclimatised art piece, ‘Landscape with the Fall of Icarus’ c. 1560, emphasises the sustenance of work. Also, as W.H. Auden’s poem, ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’ is heavily influenced by these presented texts, he had yet presented a more suitable paradigm to his era of the ignorance one has for disasters that do not directly affect oneself. Unmistakably seen within ‘Metamorphosis’ by Ovid, is the clear standards of the male role, and the…

The Wedding Dance Pieter Bruegel has “the Elder” attached to his name because, he is the eldest of the Flemish Renaissance painting Brueghel Dynasty. Pieter is at the top of that dynasty, and following in his footsteps to become painters are, his two sons, two grandsons, and one great grandson. There is one difference between them Pieter is the only one who left out the “h” in the family name Brueghel. Pieter Bruegel was a Netherlandish painter and much of his works provide a profound elemental…

Before the time of movies, TV shows, or even live plays paintings were a type of entertainment. How can a painting be entertainment? That is what comes to mind when we hear people say that. The Tower of Babel is a prime example of a painting that is entertaining. The Tower of Babel was painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1563. It was painted during the Renaissance period. It now hangs in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. Pieter Bruegel was commonly known as Pieter Bruegel the…

Art resembles that of a teacher. It takes viewers on a journey somewhere to a certain setting with something taking place despite its still nature. Art teaches many lessons in many different subjects. To put it simply, art is a form of expression in which one displays their knowledge or opinions. For example the painting Landscape With the Fall of Icarus by Pieter Bruegel the Elder tells the tale of pride, punishment, and the unsympathetic nature of mankind by using characters as symbols and…

In the forthcoming of this century, there was a cocktail party which served a great importance to society. This event put well-known people of different perspectives in the same room. I, Sir Thomas More, of course, felt the need to be there as, this event allowed me to communicate with people, farther my ideology, and educate myself. I can observe that the time in which we are living is a start to individualism and may lead to a path of great advancement. I was able to talk with people on the…

March 22sd, 2016, I visited the Cummer Museum of Arts and Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida. In the museum, I observed many pictures and pieces of art within the photography, painting and sculpture exhibit of the museum. This following piece of art” Parable of the Marriage Feast made by Pieter Aertsen, stood out to me and therefore I choose to discuss it. Pieter Aertsen, called Lange Pier meaning “Tall Pete” because of his height, was a Dutch Painter. He invented the monumental genre scene, which…

himself. This is an example of him expressing his sense of reality. Unity is exhibited because the images blend together well. Overall, you sense the peace of Josaphat achieves because he is able to see his father’s soul, crowned, and being carried up to heaven by the angels. The third image I chose is a more dramatic piece of artwork than the others I wrote about. It is called The Fall of the Rebel Angels, a painting by Pieter Bruegel The Elder in 1562. This painting defies the…

Monterio’s interpretation (Nesmith, 165). Nesmith seems to be taking the side that the fly’s appearance is a negative symbol, just like many others before him. Furthermore, he states, “I differ with them in emphasizing that the introduction of the fly into the scene suggests a kind of natural chaos amid the imposed articial order and propriety of the scene. But if this chaos is negative, it is so only if the narrator or the reader thinks it so” (Nesmith, 165). It seems that the ill-timed fly…

know about human history has been discovered through works of art produced in the past. Even if the images did not depict historical events, such as the early prehistoric cave paintings, or the spiritual drawings and paintings of eras past. These images still give us vast amounts of feedback and insight as to where we came from and how we evolved into the societal beings we are today, for to better understand our past, is to better understand our selves. Paintings that were not based on…