The dramatic impact achieved by throwing open the altarpiece at Easter to reveal the jewel-like colours within was as much an artistic as a devotional gesture. The contrast between monochrome and ...

The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is mounting the largest ever exhibition devoted to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, uniting more than three-quarters of the artist’s surviving paintings and presenting ...

To mark the 450th anniversary of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s death, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is showcasing its painting by the Netherlandish master: The Wedding Dance of 1566, acquired in ...

Spanish restorers have revealed a previously unknown masterpiece by 16th century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Months of restoration by experts at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid ...

Last month, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna opened “Bruegel,” billing it in their curatorial statement as “an absolutely unique event, and a ‘must-see’ for every art lover.” Museums are ...

How "authentically" have the great painters evoked the birth of that miracle-working God man Jesus Christ of Nazareth? And does the idea of authenticity itself really make any sense anyway? Two ...

Pieter Brueghel the Younger, “Wedding Dance in the Open Air” (1607–14) (photo by Dominic Brown, © Holburne Museum) There’s a newly authenticated Brueghel in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Very few masterpieces are as anarchic, in both composition and atmosphere, as Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “The Wedding Dance.” The ...

To create maximum theatrical effect, the reverse sides of the panels were often decorated in grisaille – as black and white painting was known until much later – images in monochrome that provided a ...