ART 331 - Seminar in Northern Art

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

Topic for 2013/14a: Bruegel’s World Pieter Bruegel, the elder (c. 1525/9 - 1569), known in his time as “the second Bosch,” worked in the Netherlandish area of Europe during a period of explosive religious, political and intellectual change which apparently stimulated his extraordinary creativity. Scholars and later artists have responded in kind. The seminar reviews the extensive recent scholarship on the artist and his period and the evolution of art historical assessments of Bruegel’s style and subject matter. Through group discussions and individual research projects we explore a wide range of topics such as the artist’s innovative contributions to landscape and genre painting, his subversive prints and paintings, his use of both proverbs and textual sources, and his impact on later painters, poets, novelists and filmmakers. Ms. Kuretsky.

Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor

One 2-hour period.