The Age of Bruegel: Netherlandish Drawings in the Sixteenth Century – Hand John Oliver – Judson J. Richard – Robinson William W. – Wolff Martha Goedkoop

The complexity and variety of sixteenth-century Netherlandish art endow it with a particular dynamism. It was in the sixteenth century that drawing attained an independent status as an art in itself, distinct from painting; landscape increasingly became a separate genre; and artists consciously referred to the great masters of the past, showing the tremendous influence of Italian art in their own works. This volume documents the unique qualities of the art of drawing during the age of Bruegel. Designed to a…