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Pieter Bruegel the Elder Birth name Pieter Bruegel Born c. 1525, Breda, Habsburg Netherlands Died September 9, 1569 (age 44), Brussels, Habsburg Netherlands Field Painting, printmaking Movement Dutch and Flemish Renaissance Works The Peasant Wedding Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525 – 9 September 1569) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (Genre Painting). He is sometimes referred to as "Peasant Bruegel" to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but is also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Bruegel" is being referred to. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel. Life There are records that he was born in Breda, Netherlands, but it is uncertain whether the Dutch town of Breda or the Belgian town of Bree, called Breda in Latin, is meant. He was an apprentice of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, ...

Tower of Babel (1563) Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder Title English: Tower of Babel العربية: برج بابل Deutsch: Turmbau zu Babel Français : La Tour de Babel Español: Torre de Babel Italiano: Torre di Babele Русский: Вавилонская башня Polski: Budowa wieży Babel 中文: 巴別塔 Date 1563 Technique Deutsch: Öl auf Holz Italiano: Olio su Tavola Dimensions Deutsch: 114 × 155 cm Current location Deutsch: Kunsthistorisches Museum Deutsch: Wien Français : Vienne, Autriche Italiano: Vienna, Austria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brueghel-tower-of-babel.jpg

Northern Renaissance Centered in Germany and the Netherlands, 15th-16th Centuries. The Northern Renaissance is the term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy. Before 1450 the Italian Renaissance had almost no influence outside Italy. After 1500 Renaissance spread around Europe, but Late Gothic influences remained present until the arrival of Baroque. In France, King Francis I imported Italian art, commissioned Italian artists (including Leonardo da Vinci), and built grand palaces at great expense, beginning the French Renaissance. Writers such as Rabelais and Pierre de Ronsard also borrowed from the spirit of the Italian Renaissance. From France, the spirit of the age spread to the Low Countries and to the Holy Roman Empire and Scandinavia in the German Renaissance, and finally to Britain by the late 16th century. During the English Renaissance (which overlapped with the Elizabethan era) writers such as William Shakespeare and Ch...