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In Their Own Words

Larry Silver, AB’69

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  • Peasant Scenes and Landscapes: The Rise of Pictorial Genres in the Antwerp Art Market
  • ISBN 100812238680
  • University of Pennsylvania Press

The modern categories of pictures had their origins in the open art market of 16th-century Antwerp, which also reinforced the "brand name" recognition of certain famously inventive artists, chiefly Bosch and Bruegel.

Posted March 24, 2006