{"product_id":"the-brueghels","title":"The Brueghels","description":"\u003cp\u003ePieter I Bruegel the Elder was born around 1525  probably near Breda  and died in 1569 in Brussels. In Antwerp  he studied as an apprentice under Pieter Coeck  and later visited Italy to understand the reason for the growing influence of the Italian masters  but his style remained rather different from theirs. Fascinated by people  this \"painter of peasants\" did not hesitate to paint scenes from the life of common people  as well as Biblical themes  the humour and restlessness of which strongly invoke Hieronymus Bosch.  The contrast between the fineness of his canvases and the apparent simplicity of his subjects  characteristic of the great works of realism  testifies to the careful observation and great precision with which he created his pictures. He is credited with making a major contribution to the evolution of Dutch landscape painting.  Pieter the Younger  his older son  was fascinated with the grotesque and the ugly  for which he was nicknamed \"Hell Brueghel.\" He was the best copier of his fathers works and made his career in Antwerp. He kept the letter \"h\" in his last name  as did other members of the family  in order to distinguish himself from Pieter the Elder.  Jan I  the younger son  also visited Italy before settling in Antwerp. Having worked with Rubens and created works different from those of his father  since he concentrated on colour and lustre  becoming a master of still life. The delicacy of execution and the infinite care with which he painted his flowers earned him the nickname of \"Velvet Brueghel.\"  This work covers a century of Flemish painting through the history of one family  emblematic of art history as a whole. With the help of more than two hundred reproductions of the three masters and their contemporaries  the author provides an exhaustive overview of this familys contribution to the evolution of the history of painting and to the marvel of the Flemish artistic tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952292622389,"sku":"ByrdShop_1859954065","price":94.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781859954065_262430d4-40e4-4246-86a0-05284af9647a.jpg?v=1772682405","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-brueghels","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}