The sense of a scene: Pieter Bruegel s mastery of composition and community The great Flemish painterPieter Bruegel the Elder(c.1525 1569)was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, who made his art historical mark withbeautiful, evocative landscapesas well as religious subjects, both notable for theirvernacular languageand attention toeveryday, contemporary life.Immersing himself in rural or small-town communities, Bruegel is particularly notable for his depiction ofpeasant experience and folk culture, earning the artist nickname Peasant Bruegel. Whether hunters shivering in the...