Walks: Presidio (x2)
Distances: 4.5 miles (x2)
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| Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Peasant Wedding,156, oil on board |
So today was a day of protocol and ceremony in a very cold, windy Washington, DC. And it put Ciwt in mind of a more warm and pleasant ceremony painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, 1525-30 - 1569).
Bruegel is perhaps best known as a master of winter scenes, often capturing its harshness,
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| Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow, 1565, oil on board |
so this wedding painting may seem a bit of an anomaly. But, in fact, his works often depict lively urban or rural peasants engaged in everyday activities such as farming, banquets, festivals, dances and games. He revolutionized Flemish paintings by doing this, moving away from traditional themes like portraits and religious scenes. His complex, dynamic works teem with life and movement and leave us with a vivid representation of 16th-century society in the complex often absurd ways its daily life was actually lived.
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