Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter by Gibson, Walter S

University of California Press, 2006-02-01. Hardcover. Good.

Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 287 pages. 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 book, Walter S. Gibson takes a new look at Bruegel, arguing that the artist was no erudite philosopher, but a man very much in the world, and that a significant part of his art is best appreciated in the context of humor. In his illuminating examination of the witty and amusing elements in Bruegel’s paintings, prints, and drawings in relation to the sixteenth century European culture of laughter, Gibson reminds us… Read More

University of California Press, 2006-02-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardback. New. Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described as a supremely comic artist. This book explores the function and production of laughter in the sixteenth century, and also examines the ways in which Bruegel exploited the comic potential of Hieronymus Bosch.

Univ of California Pr, 2006. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 266 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches.

University of California Press, 2006-01-31. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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