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 of insight into peasant life or one could say a representation of the everyday life of ordinary folk. Not a peasant himself he still received the nickname “Peasant Bruegel” the first reason is because he would go undercover as a peasant so he could paint them in their natural environment of everyday life without disturbing them to act differently and the second because that is what he painted, peasants.
Pieter Bruegel is a flexible painter of arts such as landscapes, the Tower of Babel, and groups of people like in The Wedding Dance. The Wedding Dance stands out to the reader because here is a lot of detail and rustic coloring that makes the detail stand out just right. It was painted in the year …show more content…
In all three of the paintings they have the same Wedding elements such as pipers playing the bagpipes, pride and vanity. “Tomas Craven summaries The Wedding Dance as “One of several celebrations of the joys of gluttony painted by Brueghel with bursting vitality.” In this painting there are 125 guest at any outdoor wedding, the bride is wearing all black and the men wore codpieces, as was customary in the renaissance period. Dancing was taboo at this time by the church and the authorities as a social
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 of insight into peasant life or one could say a representation of the everyday life of ordinary folk. Not a peasant himself he still received the nickname “Peasant Bruegel” the first reason is because he would go undercover as a peasant so he could paint them in their natural environment of everyday life without disturbing them to act differently and the second because that is what he painted, peasants.
Pieter Bruegel is a flexible painter of arts such as landscapes, the Tower of Babel, and groups of people like in The Wedding Dance. The Wedding Dance stands out to the reader because here is a lot of detail and rustic coloring that makes the detail stand out just right. It was painted in the year …show more content…
In all three of the paintings they have the same Wedding elements such as pipers playing the bagpipes, pride and vanity. “Tomas Craven summaries The Wedding Dance as “One of several celebrations of the joys of gluttony painted by Brueghel with bursting vitality.” In this painting there are 125 guest at any outdoor wedding, the bride is wearing all black and the men wore codpieces, as was customary in the renaissance period. Dancing was taboo at this time by the church and the authorities as a social