The Brueg[H]el Phenomenon: Paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Pieter Brueghel the Younger with a Special Focus on Technique and Copying Practice (Vols. 1,2,and 3)
Brussels: Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, 2012. Slipcased. All 3 volumes: Black card wraps with color illus. and white lettering. French flaps. All housed in a matching board slipcase. 1061 pp. numbered continuously through the 3 volumes with 669 figures in (mostly) color and bw, also numbered through the 3 volumes. Heavy and will require extra postage. All parts NF but for a bit of rubbing to back of slipcase. Item #147421
ISBN: 9782930054148
A monumental work about the Breug(h)els. Contents include: Vol. 1 - A Great Painter of the Renaissance, his Heir and Copyist and the Antwerp Art Market; The Painting Technique of Pieter Breugel the Elder: Four Case Studies (The Census at Bethlehem, The Sermon of St. John the Baptist, The Winter Landscape with Bird Trap, and The Adoration of the Magi); Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Painting Technique: A Reassessment. Vol. 2 - The Painting Technique of Pieter Brueghel the Younger and his Workship: Ten Case Studies (copies of 9 works: Battle between Carnival and Lent after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Census at Bethlehem after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Sermon of St. John the Baptist by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Winter Landscape by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Adoration of the Magi by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Magpie on the Gallows by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Wedding Dance in the Open Air after a lost painting (probably) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Crucifixion by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Massacre of the Innocents after a lost painting by (probably) Maerten van Cleve, Peasant Lawyer after an anonymous model. Vol. 3 - Demystifying the Process: Pieter Brueghel the Younger's Workshop Practice; Searching for the Hand of Pieter Brueghel the Younger; Pieter Brueghel the Younger's Models and Variants; Outside Brueghel the Younger's Workshop; and Understanding the Father through the Son: Lost Secrets of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Working Practice. With 7 in-depth appendices and an index of works illustrated. Extensive text throughout, with numerous end notes.
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