About this title: Pieter Bruegel (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 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2-1-06
ISBN-13:9780520245211ISBN:0520245210
Description: FINE. Crisp, clean and unread hardcover with light shelfwear to the dust jacket, remainder mark to one edge-VERY NICE! ! 1.14 lbs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Berkeley: University of California Press,
Date Published: 2006.
ISBN-13:9780865475274ISBN:086547527X
Description: Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo. Fine in red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with many black and white illustrations. Black illustrated dust jacket with white title to spine. Index, 266 pages. ARTBIO/051209. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Berkeley, CA: University of California Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780520245211ISBN:0520245210
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Inscribed by Author(s) A fine copy. Inscribed and signed by Author in black ink on front end page. 266pp. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780520245211ISBN:0520245210
Description: New. "In "Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter Walter Gibson makes it abundantly clear that laughter is a key feature in many of Bruegel's works. He examines witty and humorous elements in Bruegel's paintings, prints, and drawings and creates a context... read more
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