单词 | bruegelian |
释义 | Bruegelianadj. Of, characteristic of, or reminiscent of the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525–69). Cf. Bruegelesque adj.Pieter Bruegel the Elder is known for his depictions of landscapes, religious allegories, grotesque demons, and satires of peasant life. ΚΠ 1928 Musical Times 69 172/2 A Breughelian vision of New York's Broadway with a hundred of frantically dancing girls and boys. 1959 S. Gilbert tr. A. Skira & R. Delevoy Bruegel 38 Two centuries were to pass before artists had the notion of setting up their easels in open country. But the happy ease of Bruegel's art and the relative truth-to-life of the Bruegelian syntheses are all the more remarkable and precious for this very reason. 1966 Times 8 Mar. 15/5 There is nothing here that echoes Breughelian ‘Merry Peasant’ antics. 1995 G. Fuller in M. Leigh Naked p. ix He hobbles away like a Brueghelian cripple. 2002 N.Y. Times 29 Sept. vii. 17/1 The usual arrays of Bruegelian nasties: the druggies, coke whores and scagbags. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1928 |
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