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Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter [electronic resource].
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, Walter S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bruegel, Pieter, ca. 1525-1569--Criticism and interpretation.
- Laughter--Netherlands--History--16th century.
- Peasants in art.
- Wit and humor in art.
- Peasants in art--History--16th century--Netherlands.
- Laughter.
- Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569--Criticism and interpretation.
- Bruegel, Pieter.
- Local Subjects:
- Bruegel, Pieter, ca. 1525-1569--Criticism and interpretation.
- Laughter--Netherlands--History--16th century.
- Peasants in art.
- Wit and humor in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described in 1604 by his earliest biographer as a supremely comic artist, few of whose works failed to elicit laughter. Today, however, we approach Bruegel's art as anything but a laughing matter. His paintings and drawings are thought to conceal profound allegories best illuminated with scholarly erudition. In this delightfully engaging book, Walter S. Gibson takes a new look at Bruegel, arguing that the artist was no erudite philosopher, but a man very much in the world, and that a
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Deciphering Bruegel; Chapter 1: The Commodity of Laughter in the Sixteenth Century; Chapter 2: Bruegel's Art of Laughter; Chapter 3: A Bankrupt and His Bruegels; Chapter 4: Rustic Revels; Chapter 5: Making Good Cheer; Chapter 6: The Devil's Nemesis: Griet and Her Sisters; Epilogue: Taking Laughter Seriously; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-35775-1
- 9786612357756
- 0-520-93208-0
- OCLC:
- 609849926
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