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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Brueghel, Pieter Known as "the Elder.” 1525?-1569. Flemish painter noted for his landscapes and his lively genre scenes, including Peasant Wedding (c. 1567). His son Pieter (1564-1638?), known as "the Younger,” is primarily remembered for his copies of his father's works, while another son, Jan (1568-1625), is frequently called "the Flower Brueghel” or "the Velvet Brueghel” for the silky detail of his still-life paintings.
WordNet 3.0
- n. Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569)
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“The poem’s description of the plowman in Brueghel’sLandscape with the Fall of Icarus provides an interpretation of the poem and places the image in the context of Auden’s visit to the Brussels Museum and the other works of the “old masters” kept there.”
Obama’s Inauguration Poem: Ekphrasis, Evoking pictures, swaying emotions, preparing expositions
“Robert Hughes once called him “the Brueghel of the second half of the 20th Century”.”
“Eighteen of the 33 artists in the show were born elsewhere: Rubens and Velazquez, Paul Bril, Jan Brueghel, Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin, joining colleagues from the city-states of Bologna, Naples and Parma.”
“They didn't hesitate to insert a Roman ruin here and there, or to mix and match inspirations—Jan Brueghel blithely relocates the Temple of the Sibyl from the Tivoli Gardens to an imaginary seashore.”
“It has excerpts from “Complaint,” “The Descent of Winter” and “Part X, Pictures from Brueghel.””
“Jan Brueghel the Elder painted the jewel-like "Still Life with Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vessel" between 1610 and 1625 using oil on copper.”
The Wall Street Journal: Guggenheim Bilbao Shows Dutch Masterpieces
“The exhibit features 80 works — including those by artists including Pieter Brueghel, Auguste Rodin, Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan — that range in price from $30,000 to over $10 million.”
The Huffington Post: Sotheby's Opens 'Divine Comedy' Exhibit (PHOTOS)
“I see your films and I also think of paintings by Brueghel or by Hieronymus Bosch in terms of the grotesque human behavior you expose.”
“Brügger: Well you know looking abashed, I don't think of myself in terms of Brueghel and the classic painters, but Denmark is in many ways the ultimate expression of humanism -- which you can also feel in the way Danish people trust the state.”
“In the years that followed, Bruegel's artistic legacy was continued by his sons, Pieter the Younger and Jan. Both, curiously, spelled their surname "Brueghel.”
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