Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Art

The Temptations of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

His 1559 masterpiece “The Fight Between Carnival and Lent” is an argument in paint for moral and spiritual ambivalence.

Art

Virginia Wagner’s Landscapes of Exquisite Dread

Wagner would agree with Samuel Beckett, that “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.”

In Brief

Long Attributed to a Follower, a Pieter Brueghel the Younger Painting Is Authenticated

The artist's "Wedding Dance in the Open Air" spent many years undated and unsigned in storage at the Holburne Museum.

In Brief

Fall with Bruegel's Rebel Angels in a Virtual Reality Experience

Thanks to a new virtual reality project launched this week by the Google Cultural Institute, you can now immerse yourself in one of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's most bizarre paintings and hang out with the peculiar creatures that cover its canvas.

Opinion

An Amazing Look at Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "The Harvesters"

This great video tells the very detailed history of Bruegel's August/September masterpiece, "The Harvesters" (1565).

Opinion

Soviet Celluloid Treasures on YouTube

If you've studied the history of cinema than you've heard of Mosfilm, the renowned film studio that is reputedly the largest and oldest in Europe. Established in 1923, Mosfilm has been responsible for countless cinematic masterpieces, including many of the films created by masters Sergei Eisenstein