{"product_id":"bruegel-the-complete-graphic-works","title":"Bruegel: The Complete Graphic Works","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the greatest Netherlandish artists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525\/30-1569) is best known today for his paintings of peasant life. Yet it was, above all, through his exceptional graphic work that he achieved widespread fame during the sixteenth century. \u003cem\u003eBruegel\u003c\/em\u003e offers readers the opportunity to get up close and personal with Bruegel's famous prints, reproduced at actual size. The book provides a wonderful showcase of Bruegel's imaginary world, featuring meticulous reproductions of his preparatory drawings and finished prints depicting Italian landscapes, the seven deadly sins, extraordinary figures, and more. Essays by a distinguished group of Bruegel scholars open the book. They discuss the Royal Library of Belgium's collection of Bruegel prints; the results of the Fingerprint research project; Bruegel as draftsman and printmaker; Bruegel's editions, in particular his collaboration with Hieronymus Cock; and the posthumous survival of his art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis luxurious book accompanies a major exhibition at the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, a center of Bruegel scholarship that holds an unparalleled collection of the artist's graphic work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47297044545588,"sku":"9780500239995","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/8638\/5972\/files\/imageloader_63cf0312-a638-4c35-b96b-f030aa0de2fe.jpg?v=1764813469","url":"https:\/\/worldcaribbeanbooks.com\/products\/bruegel-the-complete-graphic-works","provider":"World Caribbean Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}