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s2e16 History of Prints Pieter Brueghel the Elder

s2e16 History of Prints Pieter Brueghel the Elder

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s2e16 History of Prints Pieter Brueghel the Elder

FromPlatemark

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Length:
79 minutes
Released:
Mar 29, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In s2ep16, Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig talk about the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter Reformation that affected so much of the 16th century in Western Europe. The focus of the episode is Pieter Brueghel the Elder who developed a new vocabulary to talk about the lives of peasants, as well as lessons to live by. And don't forget those sins and sinners. Episode image: Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, c. 1525–1569), after Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Big Fish East Little Fish, 1557. Engraving. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 9 x 11 5/8 in. (22.9 x 29.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Memorial to the Peasants’ War, 1525. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). The Four Apostles, 1526. Oil on panel. Each: 215 x 76 cm. (84 5/8 x 30 in.). Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Georg Pencz (German, c. 1500–1550). The Hunter Caught by the Hares, c. 1535–50. Woodcut and letterpress [text by Hans Sachs (German, 1494–1576]). Borderline: 25.5 x 39.3 cm. (10 1/16 x 15 1/2 in.); sheet: 54.5 x 39.5 cm. (21 7/17 x 15 9/16 in.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569).  Self Portrait and Connoisseur, c. 1565. Pen and brown ink.  25.5 x 25.1 cm. (10 x 9 15/16 in.). Albertina, Vienna. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559. Oil on wood. 1172 x 1638 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Key chart to Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). The Wedding Dance, 1566. Oil on wood. 47 x 62 in. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit.   Compositional diagram of Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s The Wedding Dance, 1566. Credit: Plum Street Music. Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, 1518–1594). The Last Supper, 1594–94. Oil on canvas. 365 x 568 cm. (144 x 224 in.). Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Hunters in Snow, 1565. Oil on wood. 117 × 162 cm. (46 × 63 3⁄4 in.). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Temptation of St. Anthony, 1556. Pen and brown ink. 21.5 x 32.6 cm. Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, Oxford.   Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Temptation of St. Anthony, 1556. Engraving. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 10 5/16 x 13 3/8 in. (26.2 x 33.9 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, 1450–1516). The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490–1500. Oil on wood (triptych). Overall: 328.2 x 185.8 cm. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Big Fish East Little Fish, 1556. Brush and pen and gray and black ink. Albertina, Vienna. Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, c. 1525–1569), after Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Big Fish East Little Fish, 1557. Engraving. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 9 x 11 5/8 in. (22.9 x 29.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, 1390–1441). Ghent Altarpiece, 1430–32. Oil on wood. 350 x 461 cm. Cathedral of St. Bavo. Ghent. Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, c. 1525–1569), after Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Lust, from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, 1558. Engraving. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 8 7/8 x 11 11/16 in. (22.6 x 29.7 cm.). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, c. 1525–1569), after Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Sloth, from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, 1558. Engraving. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 8 15/16 x 11 5/8 in. (22.7 x 29.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612), after Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Justice, from the series The Seven Virtues, 1559–60. Engraving. Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 3/16 in. (26 x 33.5 cm); plate: 8 7/8 x
Released:
Mar 29, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

What is it about prints and printmaking that draws such fervent practitioners, collectors, and fans? How are prints relevant to all our lives? What do all those people in the "print ecosystem" do anyway? Series one looks at prints and printmaking in the context of museums, the market, critiques, and the print ecosystem. Series two offers a history of prints and printmaking in the West. Series three offers interviews with the colorful characters of the print ecosystem. Join us and the wonderful fans of prints and printmaking.