Fleet foxes 2008 i picked fleet foxes out of all the albums out there because the band used 16th century dutch art to act as the visual component to an album. The album by seattles fleet foxes features the 1559 painting netherlandish proverbs, by pieter bruegel the elder. Bruegel netherlandish proverbs wooden jigsaw puzzle, by artifact puzzles. They are each illustrating an old dutch saying, adage, or proverb. She left a week to roam your protectors coming home keep your secrets with you, girl safe from the outside world you walk along the stream your head caught in a. In the 16th century, dutch renaissance artist pieter bruegel the elder painted a village scene filled with people doing nonsensical things. Fleet foxespieter bruegel the elders netherlandish proverbs. Slim fit, order a size up if youd like it less fitting. The painting has been called the blue cloak or the folly of the world, but its actual title is netherlandish proverbs. Its slightly reminiscent of hieronymus boschs garden of earthly.
The art featured on the cover of the album is netherlandish proverbs by pieter bruegel the elder 1559. During his career he created approximately 900 oil paintings and more than 2000 watercolours, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. Netherlandish proverbs also called the blue cloak or the topsy. Produced by phil ek fleet foxes, the black angels, the shins, darkness. Fleet foxes tshirts on redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshopfree apparel and available in a huge range of styles, colors and sizes. There is a direct allusion to the netherlandish proverbs of dancing or shitting on the gallows, meaning a mocking of the state. Sometimes ironic, often silly and amusing, these sayings test our brainsand. It features content spanning the early days of the bands career, including the selftitled fulllength. This artist is one of my favorites in the northern renaissance. A renowned painting by flemish renaissance artist pieter bruegel the elder, the fall of. I have put a note on a few of the nearly 100 proverbs that are known to be depicted in this complex work. Stream fleet foxes helplessness blues by sub pop from desktop or your mobile device.
There are over 110 proverbs referenced, with some parts of the picture referencing two or three proverbs. Fleet foxes helplessness blues by sub pop free listening. The painting is featured on the album cover of fleet foxes selftitled first fulllength album. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. She devoured stories with rapacious greed, ranks of black marks on white, sorting themselves into mountains and trees, stars, moons and suns, dragons, dwarfs. Netherlandish proverbs also called the blue cloak or the topsy turvy world is a 1559 oilonoakpanel painting by pieter bruegel the elder which depicts a land populated with literal renditions of flemish proverbs of the day. Netherlandish proverbs also called the blue cloak or the topsy turvy world is a 1559 oil onoak panel painting by pieter bruegel the elder which depicts a land populated with literal renditions of flemish proverbs of the day. Fleet foxes detail first collection 20062009 box set. Why i judge albums by their covers design the guardian. The peasants are doing what peasants do lighting candles for the devil, bringing a basket of light into the day, filling the well after the calf has drowned. Cover mount cd with the june 2017 take 241 issue of uncut magazine.
Netherlandish proverbs is a marvelous painting filled to the brim with human interactions and reactions. Feb 11, 2010 netherlandish proverbs by pieter bruegel the elder, 1559 on oilonoakpanel. They are lumped in with the indie scene, and manage to create music that invokes images of the old countryside, golden fields lit by the setting sun, and endless dirt roads whose only inhabitants are older than. Fleet foxes fleet foxes lyrics and tracklist genius. Fleet foxes helplessness blues fleet foxes helplessness blues. This lighthearted painting contains numerous contemporary proverbs of the day. Dutch proverbs the gold scales wisdom lore, proverbs. The cover art is a detail of the 1559 painting netherlandish proverbs by pieter bruegel the elder. The picture is overflowing with references and most.
Netherlandish proverbs by pieter bruegel sullivanthoughtss. A detail from the work decorates the cover of the fleet foxes album. First there is a rather literal translation of the dutch proverb, then an explanation, and in some cases there are english equivalent. The paintings we create are only of museum quality. This painting includes a total of 112 natherlandish proverbs in a single scene. This is pieter bruegel the elders netherlandish proverbs, sometimes. Bruegels birdseye view is a mercilessly moralizing mirror of a misguided town, one peopled by the fruits of the fall, by the alltoohuman condition, exhibited in a comic, didactic fashion. Feb 11, 2008 fleet foxes, a fivepiece from near washington, are like the beach boys if they were a folk band or if theyd continued down the path they were travelling on their 1968 album of idiosyncratic. Netherlandish proverbs is a 1559 oilonoakpanel painting by pieter bruegel the elder that.
Borrowing from ageless folk and classic rock and nicking some of the best bits from prog and soft rock along the way, on their selftitled debut album fleet foxes dont just master the art of taking familiar influences and making them sound fresh again, they give a striking sense of who they are and what their world is like. Artist of the flemish renaissance from 16th century, pieter bruegel the elder. Netherlandish proverbs by bruegel the elder is, therefore, not framed, and will be sent to you rolled up and packaged in a strong and secure postal tube. Netherlandish proverbs wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Netherlandish proverbs is a 1559 oilonoakpanel 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 dutchlanguage proverbs and idioms. A young first aid kit cover tiger mountain peasant song 2008. The special edition honors the tenth anniversary of fleet foxes eponymous debut album. Fleet foxes is the eponymous debut studio album by american rock band fleet foxes. Located at staatliche museen zu berlin gemaldegalerie, berlin.
Titled netherlandish proverbs, the painting is actually a literal illustration of more than one hundred dutch language proverbs and idioms. This is a 317 piece wooden jigsaw puzzle of the famous painting netherlandish proverbs from 1559 by pieter brueghel the elder. Light ended the night, but the song remained and i was hiding by the stair, half here half there, past the lashing rain and as the skye would petal white, old innocent lies came to mind as we stood, congregated, at the firing line. For instance, to crap on the world is literally represented as a person crapping on a globe. Fools errand fleet foxes frontman robin pecknold has always been a seeker of truth and meaning. In 1558a year before netherlandish proverbs was made bruegel had completed a series of twelve proverbs on individual panels, as well as big fish eat little fish in 1556, but netherlandish proverbs is thought to be the first large scale. Although individual proverbs and groups of proverbs had been represented in flemish art before, this is the first picture to create a whole world of them. Netherlandish proverbs is a gorgeous painting by an outstanding master artist, and this puzzle is an absolute beauty and treasure that will be a joy to rediscover time and time again. Fleet foxes by fleet foxes, released 02 june 2008 1. Crackup, an album by fleet foxes on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described.
The album debuted at number eleven on the uk albums chart, where it eventually peaked at number three, and garnered wide praise from critics, many of whom named it one of the best albums of 2008. The gallows may represent the threat of execution of those preaching the new protestant doctrine, and the painting may allude to several netherlandish proverbs. The first nine are illustrated in the section of pieter bruegels painting netherlandish proverbs, from the top left to the right, and bottom left to the right. What netherlandish qualities did holbein combine with german linear technique. Netherlandish proverbs by pieter bruegel the elder, 1559 on oilonoakpanel. Fleet foxes 15 tracks chosen by robin pecknold catalog number uncut 2017 06 appears on the back of the sleeve. But, even when the songs arent as brilliant as fleet foxes highlights, the band still sounds alluring, as on the lush interlude heard them stirring. Robin pecknold writer, arranger, performer, design, casey wescott arranger, performer, craig curran arranger, performer, nicholas peterson arranger, performer, skyler skjelset arranger, performer, phil. Netherlandish proverbs, pieter bruegel painting poster.
You can check the price for shipping of the order on the shopping cart screen. Fleet foxes hit me as refreshing and new and yet strangely familiar, and the style fits in just as well if it had come from the 70s or today, with even some nods towards the renaissanceera. The paintings original title, the blue cloak or the folly of the world, indicates that bruegels intent was not just to illustrate proverbs. It is oil on an oak panel measuring 46 x 64 and had two former titles. Oct 05, 2012 the painting i selected to share and analyze is titled, netherlandish proverbs, by the artist peter bruegel the elder. This odd artwork was made by pieter bruegel the elder, who was one of the most significant dutch artist of the renaissance. Six years after the release of helplessness blues, you can listen to robin pecknold and companys third studio lp here, via npr. Jun 09, 2012 netherlandish proverbs is a marvelous painting filled to the brim with human interactions and reactions. Throughout the album, the band sounds wise beyond its years, so its not really that surprising that fleet foxes is such a satisfying, selfassured debut. Jan 21, 2018 in the 16th century, dutch renaissance artist pieter bruegel the elder painted a village scene filled with people doing nonsensical things. It was fun to play some of the more stoner canyoney tunes for this crack session band.
With this in mind, over 450 years ago, dutch master pieter bruegel the elder painted his incredible netherlandish proverbs. First collection 20062009 available now fleet foxes. Artifact puzzles bruegel netherlandish proverbs wooden. The puzzle comes with a visuallykeyed legend to the proverbs in english and german.
Netherlandish proverbs, 1559 pieter bruegel the elder. They are lumped in with the indie scene, and manage to create music that invokes images of the old countryside, golden fields lit by the setting sun, and endless dirt roads whose only inhabitants are older than the land itself, all while not sounding very indie. On the bands latest song, from its first new album in nearly six years. The picture is overflowing with references and most of the representations can still be identified. Fleet foxes is the eponymous debut studio album by american rock band fleet foxes, released on june 3, 2008 by bella union. Netherlandish proverbs can be read as an exploration of religiosity. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at. This painting, which hangs in the staatliche museum in berlin, germany, was painted by bruegel in 1559. I hear so many recognizable influences, and still the whole becomes something completely unique, a greater sum of its parts than each individuals. The painting was original called, the blue cloak or the folly of the world, indicating that bruegel intended. First collection 20062009 spans the early days of fleet foxes career, including the selftitled debut album, plus the sun giant ep, the fleet foxes ep. Fleet foxes released their selftitled debut lp 10 years ago this year, and to mark. It illustrates over 50 netherlandish proverbs, from big fish eat little fish, to the herring hangs by its own gills. Netherlandish proverbs, 1559 giclee print by pieter bruegel the elder.
The cover of the fleet foxes album, showing a detail from bruegel the elders netherlandish proverbs. Shop netherlandish proverbs, pieter bruegel painting poster created by virginia5050. Their song titles reference the blue ridge mountains. I believe bruegels intent was to express the foolishness and immorality of people as is natural in a sinful world. John singer sargent 1866 1925 was an american artist, considered the leading portrait painter of his generation for his evocation of edwardian era luxury. The painting i selected to share and analyze is titled, netherlandish proverbs, by the artist peter bruegel the elder. Pieter bruegel the elder, the dutch proverbs, 1559, oil on oak, 117 x 163 cm gemaldegalerie, staatliche museen zu berlin speakers. Netherlandish proverbs by pieter bruegel the elder.
Jan 18, 2018 netherlandish proverbs wasnt bruegels first and only painting on the subject of proverbs. The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. The depiction is on the left corner of the picture where a man in red clothes is coming out of a window. Bruegel is known for his elaborately detailed work, and what seems at first like a simple village scene. Amayo opens the track referencing the african proverb, the truth and the. Where the lions skin falls short it must be eked out with the foxs. Netherlandish proverbs the world turned upside down by p. Running themes in bruegels paintings are the absurdity, wickedness and foolishness of humans, and this is no exception. Also known as the dutch proverbs, this oil on wood painting is a detailed masterpiece that visually represents over 100 dutch proverbs.
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