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| + | [[Image:Bruegel the Elder The Peasant Wedding.jpg|thumb|The Peasant Wedding]] |
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| | + | '''Pieter Bruegel the Elder''' (b. Breda, Netherlands c. 1525 – 1569) was a [[Renaissance]] [[painter]] and printmaker. He was the first in a family of Flemish painters. |
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| | + | ''Though he was sometimes called "Peasant" Bruegel, due to the common folk with which he populated his genre paintings, Bruegel himself was a sophisticated city-dweller who had traveled to Italy. His seemingly simple scenes of everyday life are full of commentary on the religious controversies of his time.'' [http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesbb/p/bruegel_elder.htm Artist Profile by Shelley Esaak] |
| | + | == See also == |
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| | + | *[[Tower of Babel]] |
| | + | *[[Painting Schools]] |
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| | + | == External links == |
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| | + | *[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/ Bruegel, Pieter the Elder] The WebMuseum, Paris. |
| | + | *[http://www.abcgallery.com/B/bruegel/bruegel.html Pieter Bruegel the Elder] Olga's Gallery. |
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| | + | '''The Fall of the Rebel Angels''' |
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| | + | [[Image:Bruegel the Elder The Fall of the Rebel Angels.jpg]] |
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| | + | [[Category:Painting]] |