The seven deadly sins in Bruegel's day /

How to depict sin, human wickedness and folly? In what is now known as the long sixteenth century, religious and political tensions, and even the weather - this was the low point of the Little Ice Age - prompted a flood of images featuring the seven deadly sins in the Netherlands and the surrounding...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Zwolle : Maastricht : Waanders Publishers ; Bonnefanten, [2024]
Subjects:	Bruegel, Pieter, > approximately 1525-1569 > Exhibitions. Deadly sins in art > Exhibitions. Péchés capitaux dans l'art > Expositions.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Stijn Huijts
The seven deadly sins in brief / Dorien Tamis
The reformation of the seven deadly sins : a pictorial tradition in an age of religious reform / Saskia Cohen-Willner
The beauty of simplicity : the seven deadly sins among priceless artworks and cheap 'consumer art' / Jip van Reijen
Temptation in female form : the genesis of the pictorial tradition of the seven deadly sins / Wendelien van Weli-Vink
Confound the Devil! (Literary essay) / Leen Huet.