Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Fall of the Rebel Angels Art, Knowledge and Politics on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt

Tine L. Meganck, 2014, 208 p.

Tine Luk Meganck. Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Fall of the Rebel Angels. Art, Knowledge and Politics on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt. Silvana Editoriale. Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

This sixteenth number of the Cahiers of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium was made after several years of research on the works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This book reveals some long kept secrets about The Fall of the Rebel Angels, in particular its rendering of fantastic creatures and enigmatic objects and traces unexpected links between art, knowledge and politics in Bruegel’s time.

Keywords: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Fall of the Rebel Angels

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