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050 00 $aND673.B73$bG474 2006
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100 1 $aGibson, Walter S.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50028008
245 10 $aPieter Bruegel and the art of laughter /$cWalter S. Gibson.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axxi, 266 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Prelim. p.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-251) and index.
520 1 $a"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 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 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 exactly why Bruegel was one of the most original artists of his time." "In a series of chapters, Gibson explores the function and production of laughter in the sixteenth century, examines the ways in which Bruegel exploited the comic potential of Hieronymus Bosch, and traces how the artist developed his remarkable gift for physiognomy in his work, culminating in three paintings of festive peasants he produced during the 1560s: the Wedding Dance, the Kermis, and the Wedding Banquet. Gibson also takes a detailed look at the Dulle Griet, Bruegel's most complex evocation of Bosch."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aBruegel, Pieter,$dapproximately 1525-1569$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aPeasants in art.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099067
650 0 $aWit and humor in art.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97002728
650 0 $aLaughter$zNetherlands$xHistory$y16th century.
700 1 $aBruegel, Pieter,$dapproximately 1525-1569.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80162848
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