Brueghel

Examples

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• The "valorization" of the land, however, implies much more than a natural adoration found in landscapes in European art à la Brueghel.

  Academic text (2013)

• The museum features an impressive collection of works by Brueghel, showcasing his talent for capturing rural life.

• Brueghel's picture of Icarus falling into the ocean after flying too close to the sun, and Altdorfer's Battle of Alexander, all take up this "modern" aerial perspective.

  Academic text (2003)

• Bruegel's name does not appear on The Temptation of Saint Anthony, and The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish is given to Hieronymus Bosch even though the drawing is signed "Brueghel."

  Academic text (2011)

• Walls are painted with famous copies of Dürer, Brueghel, Goya, and Bosch depictions of death.

  Fiction book (1994)

• "Rubens and Brueghel were the most renowned painters in 17th-century Antwerp, and they were also neighbors, close friends, and shared a dealer," says Julie Jaskol, the museum's assistant director of media relations.

  Blog text (22)

• Art historians often study Brueghel to understand more about the Northern Renaissance's unique style.

• Many tourists travel to see the famous landscapes painted by Brueghel, especially his vibrant depictions of peasant scenes.

Synonyms

P

Pieter Bruegel

vsBrueghel

1 8.4

A Flemish painter known for detailed scenes of peasant life and landscapes

focuses on the same acclaim but frames it within Northern Renaissance importance

P

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

vsBrueghel

1 8.8

A 16th-century painter from Flanders who painted detailed landscapes and village life

is the canonical version stressing Northern Renaissance stature rather than this alternative

P

Pieter Brueghel

vsBrueghel

1 8.9

A famous painter from Flanders in the 1500s who painted village and farm life

is the conventional designation stressing Northern Renaissance greatness rather than this form

B

Breughel the Elder

vsBrueghel

9.3

A painter from Flanders in the 1500s who painted landscapes and peasant life

is the standard form emphasizing Northern Renaissance status rather than this variant

P

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

vsBrueghel

9.3

A Flemish painter from the 1500s who painted detailed landscapes and scenes of village life

uses the preferred naming and highlights Northern Renaissance reputation instead

P

Pieter Breughel

vsBrueghel

7.9

A Flemish painter from the 1500s known for detailed landscapes and village life scenes

frames the artist within the Northern Renaissance rather than a dual regional label

Surface Forms

Etymology