Pieter Breughel
- proper noun
- Pieter Breughel is celebrated for his vivid depictions of rural life in the sixteenth century.
Examples
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Art historians often study the techniques of Pieter Breughel to understand Renaissance landscapes.
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The museum acquired a rare painting by Pieter Breughel for its Flemish art collection.
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Many art historians consider Pieter Breughel one of the greatest painters of his time.
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I admire Pieter Breughel's ability to capture rural life.
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Pieter Breughel is celebrated for his vivid depictions of rural life in the sixteenth century.
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Art historians often study the techniques of Pieter Breughel to understand Renaissance landscapes.
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The museum acquired a rare painting by Pieter Breughel for its Flemish art collection.
Synonyms
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A Flemish painter known for detailed village and landscape scenes
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A Flemish painter known for detailed scenes of peasant life and landscapes
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A 16th-century painter from Flanders who painted detailed landscapes and village life
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A famous painter from Flanders in the 1500s who painted village and farm life
A Flemish painter from the 1500s who painted detailed landscapes and scenes of village life
A painter from Flanders in the 1500s who painted landscapes and peasant life
Surface Forms
Morphology
Pieter + Breughel
This entry is a personal name (a proper noun) rather than a compositional phrase; the referential information that Pieter Breughel is a 16th-century Flemish painter cannot be derived from the constituent tokens (which are not lexical items here). Knowing the parts 'Pieter' and 'Breughel' does not convey the profession, dates, or cultural significance, so a B1 learner would not be able to infer the meaning from the parts alone.
Etymology
Pieter Breughel was a sixteenth-century Flemish painter known for tiny, busy figures set in wide countryside scenes. He filled his paintings with peasants working, eating, and dancing, so his name now brings to mind 'detailed village life' from the Renaissance.