An Analysis of Pieter Brueghel and the Dutch Revolt of the 16th Century: Political Painting During the Protestant Reformation

Identifier

49

Author

Caolinn Frassinelli Golden

Date

2015

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Major

Art History

Committee Member

Todd M. Richardson

Abstract

The analysis of the paintings of the Netherlandish painter, Pieter Brueghel, explores the multi-faceted relationships between the Low Countries and the Kings of Spain, the rise of the Protestant Reformation and Iconoclasm with the subsequent Catholic Counter-Reformation, and the relationship between the painter and his interpretation of contemporary society. The breakdown takes into consideration abstract symbolisms, outside contemporary references, and the general climate of the "clash of cultures" to explore the concept of the birth of the satirical, political painting.

Comments

Undergraduate Honor's Thesis

Library Comment

Honors thesis originally submitted to the Local University of Memphis Honor’s Thesis Repository.

Recommended Citation

Golden, Caolinn Frassinelli, "An Analysis of Pieter Brueghel and the Dutch Revolt of the 16th Century: Political Painting During the Protestant Reformation" (2015). Honors Theses. 30.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/honors_theses/30