Winter landscape

Among the masterpieces of Flemish painting of the Renaissance occupy a special place works painted by members of the family of Bruegel's most famous and prolific dynasty of artists.
Jan Brueghel the Elder, also called Velvet, was the son of Pieter Bruegel, the father of the family and the greatest painter. Nickname Yang received due to the fact that had a considerable passion to luxurious clothes made of expensive fabric and also due to the peculiarities of his manner of painting. His paintings have a unique warm flavor and texture that really looked like velvet.
In addition, the famous Fleming was a great schedule. One such example of Bruegel's paintings is the painting "Winter landscape". The artist's passion for careful detailed drawing, as in his famous still-lifes with flowers, and pronounced in this work.
Despite the fact that the artist, like many other representatives of Renaissance painting, very biblical and allegorical subjects, in a painting by Brueghel "Winter landscape" depicts the daily life of rural residents. Nature, everyday life of ordinary people, rural and urban, the types are written with love and skill. Little figurines of villagers, the funny scenes are interspersed with the cold winter landscape, filled with canvas effect, animate it and make the plot dynamic.
The picture is Bruegel's "Winter landscape" is very different from the works that made the artist famous — bright magnificent flower still-lifes. There is no riot of colors, luxurious gloss. Not like she works on the biblical stories. Calm, cold restrained tones perfectly convey the atmosphere of a winter day in the life of ordinary rural people. This painting is filled with various interesting details. Looking at it, it is easy to feel in the midst of the events depicted on the canvas. Children's games, skating, family walks, daily work — familiar domestic scenes, which, however, are depicted with such humor and skill that do not seem banal and boring.
In the painting by Brueghel "Winter landscape" depicted typical for his country simple, rustic look. How carefully and accurately convey the details, the liveliness of the narrative and the many stories inside the paintings speak of the great love of the famous Flemish to native country and its inhabitants.