artist monographs
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larry silver, who received his Ph.D. from Harvard university, is Farquhar Professor of art History at the university of Pennsylvania. His other books include Hieronymus Bosch and Art in History, both published by abbeville Press, as well as Rembrandt’s Faith and Peasant Scenes and Landscapes.
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Hieronymus Bosch
By larry silver isbn 978-0-7892-0901-6 $150.00
Caravaggio
second edition By John T. spike isbn 978-0-7892-1059-3 $95.00
Courbet
By ségolène le men isbn 978-0-7892-0977-1 $135.00
Pieter Bruegel
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Bruegel
Artists’ Self-portraits By omar Calabrese isbn 978-0-7892-0894-1 $135.00 Landscape Painting: A History By Nils Büttner isbn 978-0-7892-0902-3 $135.00
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he recent rediscovery in spain of Pieter Bruegel the elder’s lost painting The Wine of Saint Martin’s Day has created even more interest in this much-loved artist, who was one of the Netherlands’ two great masters of satire and fantasy, along with Hieronymus Bosch. although these two artists never met each other—for Bruegel was born around 1525, some ten years after Bosch’s death—there were many points of comparison between them; indeed, Bruegel produced a number of demon-infested hellscapes directly inspired by the older master, and was known in antwerp as a “second Bosch.” But Bruegel is most famous for his peasant scenes, often humorous and packed with anecdote, and his landscapes, which poignantly evoke Nature and her changing seasons. His legacy to Netherlandish art was the enduring popularity of both these genres, as well as the artistic dynasty he founded, beginning with his painter sons Pieter the younger and Jan Brueghel. Critics have often remarked how Bruegel’s art, so keenly observed and richly detailed, seems to preserve a world in miniature. in this new monograph, larry silver, an eminent historian of Northern renaissance art, serves as our guide to that world. He leads us expertly through the intricacies of Bruegel’s iconography, allowing us to see his works from the same perspective as his sixteenth-century countrymen. silver also situates Bruegel within the context of Netherlandish history and, more specifically, within the visual culture of his time, exploring his relationships with such figures as the print publisher Hieronymus Cock, and devoting a final chapter to Bruegel’s influence on later Flemish and Dutch art. The 355 illustrations, most in full color, reproduce all of Bruegel’s surviving paintings, a large part of his graphic work, and representative pieces by his contemporaries and followers; numerous fullpage details bring the reader in close proximity to these masterworks. This volume on Bruegel complements silver’s widely praised monograph on Hieronymus Bosch, also published by abbeville Press. These two books are the most authoritative and bestillustrated studies of their respective subjects, and together they present us with a panorama of more than a century of Netherlandish art.