{"product_id":"bosch-and-bruegel-from-enemy-painting-to-everyday-life-bollingen-series-xxxv-57-hardcover","title":"Bosch and Bruegel: From Enemy Painting to Everyday Life - Bollingen Series XXXV: 57 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Leo Koerner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold new interpretation of two northern Renaissance masters\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this visually stunning and much anticipated book, acclaimed art historian Joseph Koerner casts the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel in a completely new light, revealing how the painting of everyday life was born from what seems its polar opposite: the depiction of an enemy hell-bent on destroying us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSupreme virtuoso of the bizarre, diabolic, and outlandish, Bosch embodies the phantasmagorical force of painting, while Bruegel, through his true-to-life landscapes and frank depictions of peasants, is the artistic avatar of the familiar and ordinary. But despite their differences, the works of these two artists are closely intertwined. Bruegel began his career imitating Bosch's fantasies, and it was Bosch who launched almost the whole repertoire of later genre painting. But Bosch depicts everyday life in order to reveal it as an alluring trap set by a metaphysical enemy at war with God, whereas Bruegel shows this enemy to be nothing but a humanly fabricated mask. Attending closely to the visual cunning of these two towering masters, Koerner uncovers art history's unexplored underside: the image itself as an enemy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn absorbing study of the dark paradoxes of human creativity, \u003ci\u003eBosch and Bruegel\u003c\/i\u003e is also a timely account of how hatred can be converted into tolerance through the agency of art. It takes readers through all the major paintings, drawings, and prints of these two unforgettable artists--including Bosch's notoriously elusive \u003ci\u003eGarden of Earthly Delights\u003c\/i\u003e, which forms the core of this historical tour de force. Elegantly written and abundantly illustrated, the book is based on Koerner's A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, a series given annually at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this magisterial book, Joseph Koerner explores the role of Bosch and Bruegel in the great early modern shift of the ends of art from theological explanation to time-bound description, from being to picturing. Along the way, he offers a rich account of a newly global culture and a violently contested religious milieu where the status of images was itself an issue of life and death.\"\u003cb\u003e--Susan Stewart, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Longing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Poet's Freedom: A Notebook on Making\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBosch and Bruegel\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent book--massively erudite, profoundly human, and sometimes even shatteringly poetic. Koerner is a marvelously compelling writer.\"\u003cb\u003e--Claudia Swan, Northwestern University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tremendous achievement. Koerner is one of the most gifted and intelligent art historians at work anywhere, as well as a remarkably fluent and resourceful stylist capable of presenting extremely subtle and persuasive readings in elegant and simple prose.\"\u003cb\u003e--Michael Fried, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moment of Caravaggio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Insightful and encyclopedic. Koerner renders fresh and thought-provoking paintings that have been seen and discussed for centuries.\"\u003cb\u003e--Keith Moxey, author of \u003ci\u003eVisual Time: The Image in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Leo Koerner\u003c\/b\u003e is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Art and Architecture and Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Reformation of the Image\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCaspar David Friedrich and the Subject of Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 11.3 x 8.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757000163616,"sku":"9780691172286","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/469eb51c02f9c9d1208980dca9562451.webp?v=1780091340","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bosch-and-bruegel-from-enemy-painting-to-everyday-life-bollingen-series-xxxv-57-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}