The Triumph of Death (The Art of Bruegel the Elder - 1)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525 - 9 September 1569) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (Genre Painting). He is nicknamed "Peasant Bruegel" to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but is also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Bruegel" is being referred to. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel.
There are records that he was born in Breda, Netherlands, but it is uncertain whether the Dutch town of Breda or the Belgian town of Bree, called Breda in Latin, is meant. He was an apprentice of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, whose daughter Mayken he later married. He spent some time in France and Italy, and then went to Antwerp, where in 1551 he was accepted as a master in the painter's guild. He traveled to Italy soon after, and then returned to Antwerp before settling in Brussels permanently 10 years later. He received the nickname 'Peasant Bruegel' or 'Bruegel the Peasant' for his alleged practice of dressing up like a peasant in order to mingle at weddings and other celebrations, thereby gaining inspiration and authentic details for his genre paintings. He died in Brussels on 9 September 1569 and was buried in the Kapellekerk. He was the father of Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Jan Brueghel the Elder. Both became painters, but as they were very young children when their father died, it is believed neither received any training from him. According to Carel van Mander, it is likely that they were instructed by their grandmother Mayken Verhulst van Aelst, who was also an artist.
In Bruegel's later years he painted in a simpler style than the Italianate art that prevailed in his time. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch, particularly in Bruegel's early "demonological" paintings such as The Triumph of Death and Dulle Griet (Mad Meg). It was in nature, however, that he found his greatest inspiration as he is identified as being a master of landscapes. It was in these landscapes that Bruegel created a story, seeming to combine several scenes in one painting. Such works can be seen in The Fall of the Rebel Angels and the previously mentioned The Triumph of Death.

Music by Keith Jarrett, 'Power, Resolve'

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[Malalma76]

Ho apprezzato molto questo viaggio all'interno di un'opera così potente... come la sua protagonista, d'altronde... Per la trionfante Signora, i versi di Villon, dal Testament: "Io ben so che ricchi e poveri, savi e folli, preti e laici, noti e oscuri, avari e prodighi, alti e bassi, belli e laidi, dame con la scollatura, qual che sia la loro sorte, con qualunque acconciatura, afferrati son da Morte." Grazie ^_^

[shivabel]

Grazie del commento. Trovi sempre i versi giusti per introdurre i miei video! :-)

[shivabel]

Dedicato a InannaErshkigal

[Galvorn11]

Esto es terrorifico y grandioso al mismo tiempo.

[ahmerpot]

Hungry English peasants,ploughing Fields of skulls and Bones!

[OriolPla]

This great masterpiece is in the Prado Museum of Madrid. I had the great luck, to enjoy it! It´s located in a great room with a lot of Boscos. I read, the Prado Museum discovered a new Brueghel the Elder: "The Wine of Saint Martin's Day", and Manfred Sellink, director of the Musea Brugge, went to Madrid and said "the reappearance of this painting can be considered a major discovery for the history of art". Thanks u for this video !!!

[Wandervogelspirit]

The soundtrack music is perfect for that great exemple of Brueghel's art!

[vietduong128]

@BartolomeFilms17 skeletons.

[vietduong128]

Scary. luckily this is a painting. I don't want it in my house. By the way i got here from the offspring your gonna go far kid to the offspring your gonna go far kid wiki to plague to the black death to beak plague and black death doctors to black death again to this painting. WTF!!!!!!!!!

[AndresRocker81]

Nicely Done!

[ki4clz]

Very nice; I enjoyed this greatly...