Renaissance Lives | 'Pieter Bruegel and the Idea of Human Nature'

Pieter Bruegel and the Idea of Human Nature - Elizabeth Alice Honig in conversation with Rembrandt Duits (Warburg Institute) and François Quiviger (Warburg Institute).
16th-century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder redefined how people perceived human nature. Bruegel turned his critical eye to mankind’s labours and pleasures, its foibles and rituals of daily life. Portraying landscapes, peasant life and biblical scenes in startling detail, Bruegel questioned how well we really know ourselves and also how we know, or visually read, others.
This superbly illustrated volume, now in paperback, examines how Bruegel’s art and ideas enabled people to ponder what it meant to be human. It will appeal to all those interested in art and philosophy, the Renaissance and the painting of the Dutch Golden Age.
Renaissance Lives is a series of biographies published by Reaktion Books as well as a series of conversations discussing the ways in which individuals transmitted or changed the lives of traditions, ideas and images.
This talk took place on 17 February 2023.
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