I learned all the way throughout this book, so I’m sure younger readers would be interested.

Gabriella discovers the art of the Flemish painter best known for his landscapes and lively peasant. Charming stories introduce the life and work of the worlds most. This allows one of the characters to provide the story of how the four-handled jug was invented. Brueghel A Gift For Telling Stories by Pierre Sterckx available in Hardcover on, also read synopsis and reviews. Buy a cheap copy of Bruegel: A Gift for Telling Stories (Art. Still, it was interesting to discover that even though I have seen Peasant Kermis in person, I never noticed that Brueghel had added a broken handle under the dancing couple. I liked the simple layout of this book, even though the fictional characters seemed to get too much of the text. As one character notes, Icarus meant nothing to the daily life of the peasant.īrueghel’s paintings were all about simple folk, which leads to his famous Peasant Wedding Feast and then the characters visit the Mayer Museum in Antwerp. For instance, The Fall Of Icarus is nicely explained by showing how life goes on after tragedy. Then, his famous artworks are highlighted allowing the fictional characters to comment about certain aspects of each painting. There follows a life bio of the artist, who died fairly young. To get the young reader’s interest and to also provide exposition for the paintings, the book has a fictional family who visit an antique shop in Brussels where they discover a book showing the paintings of Pieter Brueghel. Antwerp in the Age of Plantin and Brueghel (The Centers of civilization series)John.

These seem to be meant for children, but I would place them more in the middle grade realm, as they are wordier than expected. Actes du futur congrsPierre-Joseph Proudhon, La coupe de Corail. Each book focuses upon a specific master, both classic and modern, and then uses stories to explain the paintings. Chelsea House Publishers created a nice series for younger readers, focused upon famous artists and their artwork.

Brueghel by Pierre Sterckx