Friday 4 November 2016

Bruegel painting


Bruegel the senior Netherlandish 1559:

Link that will inform about all the meanings of the painting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#List_of_proverbs_and_idioms_featured_in_the_painting

A proverb is a short statement of Wisdom or advice that has been passed into general use.In the medieval times proverbs seven to drive home moral lessons.1559 oil on oak panel painting.
Altogether there are 112 proverbs and meanings though more are yet to be determined.This painting shows scenes of humans and also animals along with objects,This offers litreal illustrations of Duch language and Idioms .
Idioms:
Common word or phrase meaning that differs from what its counterpart words Denotetie would suggest.

Brugel had first thought of naming the painting titles such as "The blue cloak" or "The folly of the world".This indicated that his intent not only lie in making proverbs but to catalog human folly.

 Folly:
Meaning lack of good sense.

Many of the people shown in this painting show characteristics having blank features that Brugel would often use to portray fools.

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