Thursday, December 12, 2019

Hunters in the Snow

[Bruegel] swallowed all the mountains and rocks and spat them out again as panels on which to paint, so close did he attempt to approach nature.
~Karel van Mander


Repeating a post from 2008 today!

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This week, we're just looking at one painting, but we're looking at it closely. The painting is Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 16th century.






Wish I could see it in person! I also like The Beekeepers, Netherlandish Proverbs, and Landscape with the Fall of Icarus.

1 comment:

HWY said...

This is a very interesting painting, but breaking it down the way you did made me feel that each section could be a work in itself...and really nice works at that!