Bruegel's Winter Scenes Historians and Art Historians in Dialogue. - Edited by Tine Luk Meganck en Sabine Van Sprang. With contributions by Tine Luk Meganck, Erik Aerts, Claire Billen, Wim Blockmans, Hilde Cuvelier, Jelle De Rock, Michael Limberger, Anne-Laure Van Bruaene and Sabine Van Sprang

This focused volume presents a deep exploration and new interpretations of Pieter Bruegel the Elder?s paintings of winter scenes. By applying new methodological approaches and interdisciplinary research to these masterpieces of Flemish Renaissance art, including Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap (1565) and the Census at Bethlehem (1566), both in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the book offers an enhanced understanding of the painter?s relationship to his time, and the extent to which his winter landscapes were meant to reflect real-life situations. After tracing how these paintings have been perceived and understood over t… [Auteur: Edited by Tine Luk Meganck en Sabine Van Sprang. With contributions by Tine Luk Meganck, Erik Aerts, Claire Billen, Wim Blockmans, Hilde Cuvelier, Jelle De Rock, Michael Limberger, Anne-Laure Van Bruaene and Sabine Van Sprang] [Uitgever: , mercaterfonds - fondsmercator, 54.90] [Titel: Bruegel's Winter Scenes Historians and Art Historians in Dialogue.]