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Bruegel in Black and White - Three Grisailles Reunited (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Bruegel in Black and White - Three Grisailles Reunited (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Accompanying a focused display at The Courtauld Gallery that will
bring together for the first time Pieter Bruegel the Elder's only
three known grisaille paintings - the Courtauld's Christ and the
Woman Taken in Adultery (which is barred from travel), The Death of
the Virgin from Upton House in Warwickshire (National Trust) and
Three Soldiers from the Frick Collection in New York - this book
will examine the sources, function and reception of these three
exquisite masterpieces. The panels will be complemented by prints
and contemporary replicas, as well by other independent grisailles
in order to shed light on the development of this genre in Northern
Europe. Despite his status as the seminal Netherlandish painter of
the 16th century, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569) remains
an elusive artist: fewer than forty paintings are ascribed to him.
Of these, a dozen are cabinet-sized. These small-scale works offer
key insights as they often bear a personal significance for the
artist and were sometimes given as gifts to friends and patrons.
Presenting these works together for the first time is not only an
extraordinary and unprecedented opportunity but it will be
extremely revealing, considering their unusual nature in both
Bruegel's oeuvre and 16th-century art in general. Monochrome
painting in shades of grey was a mainstay of Netherlandish art from
the early 15th century, most often present on the wings of
altarpieces and preparatory sketches for engravings. In contrast,
Bruegel's panels constitute one of the earliest and rare examples
of independent cabinet pictures in grisaille, created for private
contemplation and enjoyment. This seemingly austere type of
painting has often been imbued with religious or political
significance. On a purely artistic level, it enabled the painter to
showcase his skill by limiting his palette. The publication, which
includes a technical investigation of the three panels, will
provide the opportunity to reassess the practical aspects of the
grisaille technique and the many ways in which this effect was
achieved. Indeed, Bruegel's three monochromatic paintings display
quite different techniques, raising the question of the painter's
intent. This is the latest in the series of books accompanying
critically acclaimed Courtauld Gallery displays, following on from
Collecting Gauguin (2013), Antiquity Unleashed (2013), Richard
Serra (2013), A Dialogue with Nature (2014), Bruegel to Freud
(2014) and Jonathan Richardson (2015).
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