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Bruegel, or the Workshop of Dreams: A Novel

Claude-Henri Rocquet

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Claude-Henri Rocquet—poet, playwright, and critic—has marshalled the full range of his talents to create a dazzling historical novel about the artist Peter Bruegel the Elder. To the few facts we have—Bruegel died in 1569 around the age of fifty; he lived in Antwerp and in Brussels; his work was much admired—Rocquet adds his own speculations on the sights, smells, and textures of Bruegel's world, on the artist's innermost feelings and intimate conversations, on his spiritual life and its possible translation on the artist's canvas.

Language: English

Pages: 220

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

Release: November 01, 1991

ISBN: 0226723429

ISBN 13: 9780226723426

Bruegel, or the Workshop of Dreams: A Novel

Claude-Henri Rocquet

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Claude-Henri Rocquet—poet, playwright, and critic—has marshalled the full range of his talents to create a dazzling historical novel about the artist Peter Bruegel the Elder. To the few facts we have—Bruegel died in 1569 around the age of fifty; he lived in Antwerp and in Brussels; his work was much admired—Rocquet adds his own speculations on the sights, smells, and textures of Bruegel's world, on the artist's innermost feelings and intimate conversations, on his spiritual life and its possible translation on the artist's canvas.

Language: English

Pages: 220

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

Release: November 01, 1991

ISBN: 0226723429

ISBN 13: 9780226723426

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