artists #6

This image is Hunters in the Snow by Brueghel I had studied Brueghel in art history courses before, but came back across them when looking at ekphrastics for other courses. There is an ekphrastic poem written about Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, and I began to look at Brueghel's scenes for their dynamic use of space and narrative. In terms of visual thinking, it seems there is so much going on in Brueghel's paintings. He uses depth of space and placement of characters to create a well-rounded scene that draws the viewer into the story. Other flemish paintings also created dynamic scenes for the viewer by adding elements of symbolism and caharacter interaction.