- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: St Martin's Press; First edition (21 Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0765304031
- ISBN-13: 978-0765304032
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 190,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Whether he’s investigating the fractalized cutting edge of science and math theory, or traveling through Tonga and Tokyo, it’s hard to think of a more genial, or more well-informed, tour guide. And like his idol Kerouac, Rucker’s a hell of a reporter.”---" American Book Review"
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“This is Rudy Rucker having fun, the purpose of life. In Seek! he’s picked a brilliant bunch of his columns, essays, and interviews, a travelogue of discovery from cellular automata to his ‘transreal’ fiction. So this is how to be a professor of computing science, write acclaimed nonfiction, become a hit with the cyberpunks, and have an excellent time.”--- "New Scientist"
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Peter Bruegel's paintings - a peasant wedding in a barn, hunters in the snow, a rollicking street festival, and many others - have long defined our idea of everyday life in 16th Century Europe. In sixteen chapters Rucker brings Bruegel's painter's progress and his colourful world to vibrant life doing for Bruegel what GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING did for Vermeer. We follow the artist from the winding streets of Antwerp and Brussels to the glowing skies and decaying monuments of Rome.
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Peter Bruegel was looking at his first mountain, a steep, rounded foothill at the edge of the Alps. Read the first page
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M. C. Eschers inspiration......
1 Jan 2007
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Rudy Rucker has managed to give some insight into the thought processes that created the wonderful works of this 16th century Flemish painter as well as exposing the reader to the hardships endured by the residents of the "low countries" during the merciless Spanish control of the Netherlands.
Brugels early works give a birds-eye perspective of the subject matter as well as depicting religious events as if they were happening in the 16th century. It is my belief that M.C. Escher as well as Salvador Dali both capitalized on Brugels early vision.(See Escher's Tower of Babel as well as Ascending & Descending and several of Dali's works appear to have been inspired by Brugel's "Fall of the Rebel Angels".) Both of these men owe a large debt of gratitude to Brugel for his inspiration.
Although this book is "historical fiction", the author has done such an exemplary job of providing a discerning and perceptive insight into Brugels life and times, it almost reads like an autobiograpy.
If you enjoy history, art, and great storytelling this book is definitely for you! 4 1/2 stars!!!!
Brugels early works give a birds-eye perspective of the subject matter as well as depicting religious events as if they were happening in the 16th century. It is my belief that M.C. Escher as well as Salvador Dali both capitalized on Brugels early vision.(See Escher's Tower of Babel as well as Ascending & Descending and several of Dali's works appear to have been inspired by Brugel's "Fall of the Rebel Angels".) Both of these men owe a large debt of gratitude to Brugel for his inspiration.
Although this book is "historical fiction", the author has done such an exemplary job of providing a discerning and perceptive insight into Brugels life and times, it almost reads like an autobiograpy.
If you enjoy history, art, and great storytelling this book is definitely for you! 4 1/2 stars!!!!
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4 Jan 2003
Format:Hardcover
I picked this up blind from the new book bin at the Kailua-Kona public library, and boy, I'm glad I did. I've always enjoyed Bruegel, but this novel really makes you look at each picture with new eyes. Thank goodness I had an art book (Phaidon) of Bruegel at home with big color plates, which really complemented the text of this book. I love the feeling of delving into the past, but with good friends, which is how I think of Bruegel now that I've read this book.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Painless History
21 Feb 2003
Format:Hardcover
Not only is this book well-researched and documented but it is an easy read. The times of Europe in the l6th century are colorfully presented and the characterizations are believable. It's easy to get caught up in the intrigues. I'll now view Peter Bruegel's works in a new light. Well-worth a read!
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