Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Sabine Pénot

Elke Oberthaler

Dirk Jan Biemond

Spurensicherung an einem Meisterwerk : eine Ausstellung des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien : Kunsthistorisches Museum 26. Januar bis 25. April 2010

Vermeer, "Die Malkunst"

Ariane van Suchtelen

Christian Tico Seifert

Pieter Roelofs

Gregor J. M. Weber

Bart Cornelis

Bente Frissen

Friederike Schütt

Vermeer

Abdelkader Benali

Manfred Sellink

Alexandra van Dongen

Katrien Lichtert

Lucinda Timmermans

* Examines the humor, imagery, and symbolism to be found in Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Fight Between Carnival and Lent* 2019 marks 450 years since the death of Bruegel* The exhibition Pieter Bruegel the Elder will run from 2 October 2018 to 13 January 2019, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and the exhibition The World of Bruegel will be on display in the Bokrijk Open-Air Museum from 6 April to 20 October 2019In 2019, it will be 450 years since the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/28-1569). To mark this anniversary, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is organizing the first ever retrospective of Bruegel's work, while The World of Bruegel will be shown in the Bokrijk Open-Air Museum. The two institutions are joining forces to bring Bruegel's masterpiece The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (1559) to life. An important key in this respect are the numerous everyday objects that are depicted in the painting. In collaboration with the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam) and the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), the props that Bruegel depicted have been examined and interpreted from a contemporary perspective. The authors allow the objects to speak for themselves, preceded by an introductory essay by curator Sabine Pénot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Just as Bruegel's paintings were 'conversation pieces' in their day, intended to trigger a discussion between guests during dinners, this book presents a three-way conversation about The Fight Between Carnival and Lent through Bruegel realia, in which art history (Katrien Lichtert), historical design (Alexandra van Dongen and Lucinda Timmermans) and literature (Abdelkader Benali) enter into a dialogue. In A Conversation Piece, the authors reveal the humor, symbolism, imagery and hidden stories behind the everyday objects in the painting. The exhibition Pieter Bruegel the Elder will run from 2 October 2018 to 13 January 2019 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and the exhibition The World of Bruegel will be on display in the Bokrijk Open-Air Museum from 6 April to 20 October 2019.

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