Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter

by Walter S. Gibson

Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described in 1604 by his earliest biographer as a supremely comic artist, few of whose works failed to elicit laughter. Today, however, we approach Bruegel's art as anything but a laughing matter. His paintings and drawings are thought to conceal profound allegories best illuminated with scholarly erudition. In this delightfully engaging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520245210
• ISBN13: 9780520245211
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"