{"product_id":"bruegel-the-complete-works-9783836556897","title":"Bruegel. The Complete Works 9783836556897","description":"\u003cp class=\"read-more__title\"\u003eSense of a Scene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003ePieter Bruegel's complete works in highest resolution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eThe life and times of \u003cstrong\u003ePieter Bruegel the Elder\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec\u003c\/em\u003e. 1526\/30–1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Alba’s brutal rule as governor of the Netherlands, and the palpable effects of the Inquisition. To this day, \u003cstrong\u003ethe Flemish artist remains shrouded in mystery\u003c\/strong\u003e. We know neither where nor exactly when he was born. But while early scholarship emphasized the vernacular character of his painting and graphic work, modern research has attached greater importance to its humanistic content.\n\u003cp\u003eStarting out as a print designer for publisher Hieronymus Cock, Bruegel produced numerous print series that were distributed throughout Europe. These depicted vices and virtues alongside jolly peasant festivals and sweeping landscape panoramas. He would eventually increasingly turn to painting, working for the cultural elite of Antwerp and Brussels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis monograph is a testament to Bruegel’s evolution as an artist, one who bravely confronted the issues of his day all the while proposing new inventions and solutions. Rather than idealizing reality, he addressed the horrors of religious warfare and \u003cstrong\u003etook a critical stand against the institution of the Church\u003c\/strong\u003e. To this end, \u003cstrong\u003ehe developed\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ehis own pictorial language of dissidence\u003c\/strong\u003e, lacing innocuous everyday scenes with subliminal statements in order to escape repercussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection captures all the breadth and splendid detail of Bruegel’s oeuvre like never before, and gathers \u003cstrong\u003eall 40 paintings, 65 drawings, and 89 engravings\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003epristine reproductions\u003c\/strong\u003e—each piece a unique witness to both the religious mores and the close-knit folk culture of Bruegel’s time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\" role=\"heading\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eThe authors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJürgen Müller\u003c\/strong\u003e holds the chair of Early Modern and Modern Art History at the Technical University of Dresden. He studied Art History at the universities of Bochum, Münster, Pisa, Paris, and Amsterdam, and has worked as an art critic and curator of numerous exhibitions. He is also the editor of TASCHEN’s movies by decade series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Schauerte \u003c\/strong\u003eis the director of the municipal museums in Aschaffenburg. Until 2019 he was the manager of the Albrecht Dürer House, the City Museum and the art collections of the City of Nuremberg. He is a specialist in graphic art whose research focusses on Albrecht Dürer and the art of the Middle Ages and the Baroque period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with fold-outs, \u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e29 x 39.5 cm, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e5.98 kg, \u003c\/span\u003e492 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edwards Lowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55662552449349,"sku":"9783836556897","price":150.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/7132\/6789\/files\/9783836556897-e1752246064331.webp?v=1758023797","url":"https:\/\/elcol.com\/products\/bruegel-the-complete-works-9783836556897","provider":"Edwards Lowell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}