Pieter Bruegel's historical imagination /

Explores the historical imagination of the late sixteenth-century Netherlandish painter Pieter Bruegel, focusing on the complex interplay of classical antiquity, local history, and art history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Porras, Stephanie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Bruegel, Pieter, > approximately 1525-1569 > Criticism and interpretation. Painting, Netherlandish > 16th century. History in art. Peasants in art.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : peasants and pagans
The archaeological peasant
Hybrid histories
Bacchic excess
Bruegel's art history
Conclusion : Bruegel as history.