On his journeys Bruegel did many views from nature, so it was said of him when he traveled through the Alps that he had swallowed all the mountains and rocks and spat them out again, after his return, onto his canvases and panels, so closely was he able to follow nature here and in his other works." The quota tion is from Karel Van Mander's Her Schilder-Boek (The Painter's Book) published in 1604, nearly forty years after……

Anyonewho has visited an art gallery will understand the value of being able to look at paintings close up, to see the way the colors have been used and how the paint has been handled Now you,can have your own personal art gallery in this series of "books, History & Techniques of the Great Masters.

Each book brings you a selection of ten or more famous paintings, magnificently reproduced in full Color and with actual size details so that you can see the way the and worked - just as though the paintings in turn and own walls. The text analyzes each painting in turn and informative captions tell you exactly which techniques the artist has used to obtain particular effects, what type of canvas and priming was used,and how the colors were chosen,mixed, and applied.

INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY

THE PAINTiNGS

THE BATTLE.BETWEEN CARNIVAL AND LENT

CHILDREN"S GAMES

THE FALL OF THE REBEL ANGELS

THE TOWER OF BABEL

THE PROCESSION TO CALORY

THE ADORATION OF THE KINGS

THE HUNTERS IN THE SNOW

THE CORN HARVEST

THE NUMBERING AT BETHLEHEM

A PEASANT WEDDING

THE PARABLE OF THE BLIND

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT