An Interpretation of Land of Cockaigne (1567) by Pieter Breugel the Elder
This study argues that Bruegel painted the Land of Cockaigne as a critical, humanist, political commentary leveled at the participants in the First Revolt and those involved in its suppression. Breugel fused two traditioal popular genres, the fabled land of cockaigne and collections of illustrated p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1991
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1991, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 299-329 |
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| Summary: | This study argues that Bruegel painted the Land of Cockaigne as a critical, humanist, political commentary leveled at the participants in the First Revolt and those involved in its suppression. Breugel fused two traditioal popular genres, the fabled land of cockaigne and collections of illustrated proverbs, in order to set his interpretation of contemporary political events into a traditional, popular, humorous-satirical framework. The arcane details of the painting that Breugel finished during the end of the First Revolt illustrate proverbs that a Flemish audience could easily recognize and interpret. The Land of Cockaigne formed the link between sixteenth-century religious propagnda and the political satire of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, which developed into the modern political cartoon. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Reference: | Errata "Errata: "An Interpretation of the Land of Cockaigne (1567) by Pieter Breugel the Elder," (1991)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2542737 |