Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting

by Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Jennifer Scott

It is said that much of the greatest art is produced during periods of strife. In the mid-16th century, the Netherlands - the United Provinces in the north (modern Holland) and the Spanish-ruled south (modern Belgium) - was the most sophisticated society in Europe, but its learning and luxury industries were all but annihilated by the so-called Dutch Revolt and by the Eighty Years War that followed (1568-1648). Two-thirds of the works discussed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905686005
• ISBN13: 9781905686001
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Royal Collection Trust
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 10.0"