Image Walkthrough Demo: The Harvesters

<b>Pieter Bruegel the Elder. <i>The Harvesters.</i></b><i> 1565. Oil on wood, 3’ 9 7⁄8” × 5’ 2 7⁄8”. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.</i> Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The Harvesters. 1565. Oil on wood, 3’ 9 7⁄8” × 5’ 2 7⁄8”. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The foreground tree is so big, it doesn’t even fit in the painting, while, in the distance, the trees, houses, and boats <i>diminish in size</i>. The foreground tree is so big, it doesn’t even fit in the painting, while, in the distance, the trees, houses, and boats diminish in size.
In the foreground, the people <i>overlap</i> the landscape that is behind them in the background. In the foreground, the people overlap the landscape that is behind them in the background.

The foreground figures are <i>vertically positioned</i> lower down on the picture plane than the fields that are higher up and farther away. The foreground figures are vertically positioned lower down on the picture plane than the fields that are higher up and farther away.

<b>Pieter Bruegel the Elder. <i>The Harvesters.</i></b><i> 1565. Oil on wood, 3’ 9 7⁄8” × 5’ 2 7⁄8”. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.</i>
The foreground tree is so big, it doesn’t even fit in the painting, while, in the distance, the trees, houses, and boats <i>diminish in size</i>.
In the foreground, the people <i>overlap</i> the landscape that is behind them in the background.
The foreground figures are <i>vertically positioned</i> lower down on the picture plane than the fields that are higher up and farther away.
. How would you describe Turner's brushstrokes and what the paint looks like on the canvas?

. How are these brushstrokes and paint application different from that used by Neoclassical artists?

. Why would these types of brushstrokes and paint application give a sense of the world being swept by overpowering forces more than the brushstrokes of Neoclassical artists?

Back to top

Printed from , all rights reserved. © Oxford University Press, 2024