Bosch & Bruegel From Enemy Painting to Everyday Life Joseph Leo Koerner

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koerner, Joseph Leo, Author.

Series:

A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts 2008

Bollingen series 35:57

The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts 2008

Bollingen series XXXV, 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bosch, Hieronymus, -1516--Criticism and interpretation.

Bosch, Hieronymus.

Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569--Criticism and interpretation.

Bruegel, Pieter.

Genre painting, Dutch--16th century.

Genre painting, Dutch.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Bosch and Bruegel from enemy painting to everyday life

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2023]

Language Note:

In English

Summary:

A bold new interpretation of two northern Renaissance masters In this visually stunning and much anticipated book, acclaimed art historian Joseph Koerner casts the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel in a completely new light, revealing how the painting of everyday life was born from what seems its polar opposite: the depiction of an enemy hell-bent on destroying us. Supreme virtuoso of the bizarre, diabolic, and outlandish, Bosch embodies the phantasmagorical force of painting, while Bruegel, through his true-to-life landscapes and frank depictions of peasants, is the artistic avatar of the familiar and ordinary. But despite their differences, the works of these two artists are closely intertwined. Bruegel began his career imitating Bosch's fantasies, and it was Bosch who launched almost the whole repertoire of later genre painting. But Bosch depicts everyday life in order to reveal it as an alluring trap set by a metaphysical enemy at war with God, whereas Bruegel shows this enemy to be nothing but a humanly fabricated mask. Attending closely to the visual cunning of these two towering masters, Koerner uncovers art history's unexplored underside: the image itself as an enemy.An absorbing study of the dark paradoxes of human creativity, Bosch and Bruegel is also a timely account of how hatred can be converted into tolerance through the agency of art. It takes readers through all the major paintings, drawings, and prints of these two unforgettable artists-including Bosch's notoriously elusive Garden of Earthly Delights, which forms the core of this historical tour de force. Elegantly written and abundantly illustrated, the book is based on Koerner's A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, a series given annually at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Published in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Please note: All images in this ebook are presented in black and white and have been reduced in size

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: Parallel worlds. 1. In the Art-Historical Museum

2. Life time

3. World time

4. From Bosch to Bruegel

Part I. Hieronymus Bosch. 5. Enmity

6. Among the idols

7. The unspeakable subject

8. Self-portraiture

Part II. Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 9. History

10. Culture

11. Nature

Notes:

Please note: All images in this ebook are presented in black and white and have been reduced in size

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)

ISBN:

9780691253008

0691253005

OCLC:

1408681375