{"id":682,"date":"2006-02-18T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-18T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2013-07-03T12:33:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T16:33:15","slug":"pieter-bruegel-16th-century-flemish-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"Pieter Bruegel, 16th Century Flemish artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/3428\/1662\/1600\/pieterbruegel.gif\"><img style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: hand;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/3428\/1662\/200\/pieterbruegel.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=thechildrshou-20&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F0525469869%2Fqid%3D1140295078%2Fsr%3D11-1%2Fref%3Dsr_11_1%3Fn%3D283155\"><em>The Fantastic Journey of Pieter Bruegel<\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dffxnkquehheesbumvmf\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thechildrshou-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, by Anders C. Shafer<br \/>\n(Dutton Children&#8217;s Books, NY: 2002), 40pp.<\/p>\n<p>I stumbled across this book one evening in a bookstore and was really interested in the story of this painter. I did not previously know about Pieter Bruegel, but searching through some sources I discovered that he is generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/wm\/paint\/auth\/bruegel\/\">one web source can be seen here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This book tells the story of Bruegel&#8217;s two year journey from Antwerp (his home) to Rome and back again. This trip, apparently, had a profound impact on him and prepared the way for him to be considered a master. Shafer has pieced together about the journey from letters and other sources and provides along the way an introduction to key themes in the artist&#8217;s work. The story is told in a way that will be engaging for children and it is nicely illustrated. The end of the book contains small copies of some of Bruegel&#8217;s well known pieces with a paragraph explaining each painting.<\/p>\n<p>This book is a good bit different from other books I have mentioned here but we enjoyed it and found it a good way to discuss an important person in the world of art. With his setting, his story is also significantly linked to the Reformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fantastic Journey of Pieter Bruegel, by Anders C. Shafer (Dutton Children&#8217;s Books, NY: 2002), 40pp. I stumbled across this book one evening in a bookstore and was really interested in the story of this painter. I did not previously know about Pieter Bruegel, but searching through some sources I discovered that he is generally &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=682\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Pieter Bruegel, 16th Century Flemish artist&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3891,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions\/3891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}