Bruegel's paintings and engravings represent proverbs, games, festivals and peasant occupations. Do these images afford us an unbiased glimpse of 16th-century life? Did Bruegel identify with the values of the lower social orders or pass comment on those values from the perspective of one who belonged to a higher social class?
Bruegel's paintings and engravings represent proverbs, games, festivals and peasant occupations. Do these images afford us an unbiased glimpse of 16th-century life? Did Bruegel identify with the values of the lower social orders or pass comment on those values from the perspective of one who belonged to a higher social class?
Bruegel's paintings and engravings represent proverbs, games, festivals and peasant occupations. Do these images afford us an unbiased glimpse of 16th-century life? Did Bruegel identify with the values of the lower social orders or pass comment on those values from the perspective of one who belonged to a higher social class?