Peasant and Bird Nester

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Peasant and Bird Nester

painting by Bruegel

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Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Artistic evolution and affinities of Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
…figures in such works as Peasant and Bird Nester (1568) have something of the grandeur of Michelangelo. In the very last works, two trends appear: on the one hand, a combined monumentalization and extreme simplification of figures and, on the other hand, an exploration of the expressive quality of the…
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…figures in such works as Peasant and Bird Nester (1568) have something of the grandeur of Michelangelo. In the very last works, two trends appear: on the one hand, a combined monumentalization and extreme simplification of figures and, on the other hand, an exploration of the expressive quality of the…
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