Wedding Feast;
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was famous for painting scenes from peasant life and here he depicts a wedding feast that would have followed a Church wedding ceremony. Bruegel's "Peasant Wedding Feast" encapsulates the joy of peasant life, contrary to popular belief. The painting demonstrates eking all marrow out of life from the small boy in the foreground eating every last morsel of pie to the bride, strangely placed in the background, who looks on the humble scene with contentment. The barn setting provides ample space for the makeshift banquet, set out on a long row of tables. Approximately twen... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Dia |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1567 |
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Brigham Young University
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Schlagwörter: | Belguim / Europe / Paintings / Art / Bruegel / Pieter / Wedding Feast / Peasant / Flemish art |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28654654 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilization/id/513 |