In a pivotal moment in the development of the arts and the sciences, Pieter Bruegel painted The Blind Leading the Blind (1568), a major work that embodies the transition from the medieval to the humanist mind. In The Blind Leading the Blind, Bruegel ascribed a different treatment to the fi gures and the landscape. I will show how Bruegel applied a white preparation underneath the human fi gures and not beneath the earthy ground surrounding the blind men. In doing so, he physically placed the ...

Binnen de zeventiende-eeuwse schilderkunst speelt de krans een

bescheiden, maar interessante rol. Het is vaak een detail dat niet

direct opvalt, maar dat bij nadere beschouwing toch een specifieke

betekenis aan het schilderij blijkt te geven. Het is fascinerend om

te zien op hoeveel verschillende manieren de krans als symbool

opduikt in de zeventiende-eeuwse schilderkunst.

Veel van zulke opmerkelijke en betekenisvolle kransen komen in

deze publicatie aan bod. Enerzijds heb je de bloemenkrans ...

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