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Topsy Turvy World
''Netherlandish Proverbs'' ( nl, Nederlandse Spreekwoorden; also called ''Flemish Proverbs'', ''The Blue Cloak'' or ''The Topsy Turvy World'') is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts a scene in which humans and, to a lesser extent, animals and objects, offer literal illustrations of Dutch-language proverbs and idioms. Running themes in Bruegel's paintings that appear in ''Netherlandish Proverbs'' are the absurdity, wickedness and foolishness of humans. Its original title, ''The Blue Cloak or The Folly of the World'', indicates that Bruegel's intent was not just to illustrate proverbs, but rather to catalogue human folly. Many of the people depicted show the characteristic blank features that Bruegel used to portray fools. His son, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, specialised in making copies of his father's work and painted at least 16 copies of ''Netherlandish Proverbs''. Not all versions of the painting, by father or son, show exactly the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Bruegel The Elder
Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaking, printmaker, known for his landscape art, landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called Genre art, genre painting); he was a pioneer in making both types of subject the focus in large paintings. He was a formative influence on Dutch Golden Age painting and later painting in general in his innovative choices of subject matter, as one of the first generation of artists to grow up when religious subjects had ceased to be the natural subject matter of painting. He also painted no portraits, the other mainstay of Netherlandish art. After his training and travels to Italy, he returned in 1555 to settle in Antwerp, where he worked mainly as a prolific designer of old master print, prints for the leading publisher of the day. Only towards the end of the decade did he switch to make painting his main medium, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodoor Galle
Dirck or Theodoor Galle (16 July 1571 – 18 December 1633) was a Flemish Baroque engraver. Biography He learned the art of engraving from his father Philip Galle. He married Catharina Moerentorff (Moretus), daughter of the prominent printer Jan Moretus and Maertine Plantijn. Maertine was the daughter of the founder of the Plantin Moretus printing house in Antwerp Christophe Plantin. Galle was one of the engravers linked to the Plantin Moretus press. He became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1595, and became deacon in 1609. He was the teacher of his son Joannes Galle, and the engravers Adriaen Millaert, and Gilles van Schoor. Joannes Galle later became a member of the Guild of St. Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Four Evangelists, Evangelist Saint Luke, Luke, the patron sa ... in 1627, and became deacon in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NP-18
The NP-18 is a Norinco copy of the Hungarian made pistol '' FEG P9R''. Like the FEG P9R, it combines the design and operation of the Browning Hi-Power with the trigger mechanism of the Smith & Wesson double action trigger. Design The Norinco NP-18 is a Chinese copy of the FEG P9R. The handgun uses the 9×19mm Parabellum round, which is common in this type of guns. It has a heavy duty forged (not cast) steel frame and slide, which makes it one of the most solid, robust self-loading pistols that are actually in the market, because, unlike cast steel, forged steel is made with strength and toughness in mind. It has a chrome-lined barrel to extend the barrel life, make it easier to clean, and better protect it from corrosion and erosion than a non-chromed barrel. Because it's a handgun, one doesn't need to worry about the little difference of accuracy between a chromed and a non-chromed barrel (which has better accuracy). The gun has a slide-mounted safety/decocker, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
