Bruegel: Defining a Dynasty

ISBN-13: 9781781300527 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 128 str.

Amy Orrock;Jennifer Scott

Opis

In February 2017 the Holburne Museum will present the first ever exhibition devoted to the Bruegel dynasty in the UK. This accompanying publication will explore the development and diversity of this legendary dynasty of Flemish painters over four generations and 150 years. From the proverb pictures and peasant festivals of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his eldest son Pieter Brueghel the Younger to the exquisite flower pieces of Jan 'Velvet' Brueghel and the captivating cabinet paintings of Jan van Kessel, the book will unravel the mysteries of the dynasty, and will explore how Bruegel's sons were able to emulate their father's model despite having no access to his paintings. The book will turn the spotlight on to the major Bruegel holdings in UK collections for the first time, telling the story of the dynasty through masterpieces from British public collections and a number of previously unseen works from private collections.

Spis treści

ForewordBruegel 'Inventor'Morals & LessonsA Time to DanceA Visual FeastAppendixNotesBibliographyImage CreditsIndex

O autorze

Dr Amy Orrock is an independent art historian and curator. She has published and lectured widely on Flemish art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Previous projects include work at Royal Collection Trust, Compton Verney, Warwickshire and the National Portrait Gallery, London where she contributed to Elizabeth I and Her People (2013). Jennifer Scott is the Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery. She was Director of the Holburne Museum, Bath, having previously worked as Curator of Paintings at Royal Collection Trust. Her publications include Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting(2007), Dutch Landscapes (2010), The Royal Portrait: Image and Impact (2010), The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein (2011) and Bruegel: Defining a Dynasty (ed., 2017).