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Inside Bruegel: The Play of Images in Children's Games
Inside Bruegel The Play of Images in Children's Games Author:Edward Snow The work of Peter Bruegel the Elder (1525-69) is full of drama & human pathos; his canvases of peasants in the fields & squares of Flanders reveal the spirit of their age. This original book undertakes an inquiry into a single Bruegel painting -- the Children's Games -- in order to unlock the secrets of this great painter's art. The painting de... more »picts a lively, chaotic gathering of boys & girls at play. Through his own close reading of the details of the painting, Snow reveals an ''arcane alphabet'' for experience at its most densely nuanced. Shows us the power of great painting & the pleasures of passionate observation & interpretation. Dozens of color & black & white illustrations.« less