Tagline: Behind every great painting lies an even greater story.
& Pieter Bruegel: So this could be a group of saints returning from the past to mourn the present fate of Flanders.
& Pieter Bruegel: Here is the city. It forms a circle within its walls. The circle of Life. And next to it is the tree of Life with fresh leaves. On the other side is a black circle. The circle of Death. It’s formed by the crowd gathering around the execution like flies. And here below is the tree of Death. A horse’s skull next to it. And two men... you and I.
& Nicolaes Jonghelinck: Just look at that. They’re violating and humiliating our bodies and souls. Violating and humiliating Charity and Virtue. Our land will be reduced to beggary. If only time could be stayed. If it were only brought to a stop. Then we could wrestle the senseless moment to the ground, clearly speak its name to its face and break its power. You think you can express this?
Pieter Bruegel: Yes.
Jonghelinck: How?
& Pieter Bruegel: Now if you look here, Simon is taken away from Esther to help carry the cross. And they all look at Simon. Not at the Saviour. Be it the birth of Jesus, the fall of Icarus or the death of Saul casting himself on his sword. All these world-changing events went unnoticed by the crowd. So just like this spider, I built my web, hoping to catch the viewer’s eye... Now the stage is set.
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On the Imdb.
__ Unusual. Unprecedented (IMO). Eye-catching. True masterpiece, no doubt.
+ The Procession to Calvary
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