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The Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Bruegel the Elder - with Johnathan Healy
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Bruegel the Elder - with Johnathan Healy
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28 minutes
Released:
Jul 19, 2017
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Podcast episode
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The Fight Between Carnival and Lent is an oil-on-panel work painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1559. This painting depicts a common festival of the period, as celebrated in the Southern Netherlands. It presents the contrast between two sides of contemporary life, as can be seen by the appearance of the inn on the left side - for enjoyment, and the church on the right side - for religious observance.
The busy scene depicts well-behaved children near the church and a beer drinking scene near the inn. At the centre is a well, showing the coming together of different parts of the community, and other scenes show a fish stall and two competing floats.
Jonathan Healey is Associate Professor in Social History
at Kellogg College at University of Oxford.
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The busy scene depicts well-behaved children near the church and a beer drinking scene near the inn. At the centre is a well, showing the coming together of different parts of the community, and other scenes show a fish stall and two competing floats.
Jonathan Healey is Associate Professor in Social History
at Kellogg College at University of Oxford.
View this episode's image here.
Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter.
Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Please share this episode on Twitter and Facebook.
Producer: Dan Morelle
For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jul 19, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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