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As Above, So Below: A Novel of Peter Bruegel

As Above, So Below: A Novel of Peter Bruegel

Author(s): Rudy Rucker

Location(s): Antwerp, Brussels, Rome

Genre(s): Biography, Historical

Era(s): 17th Century

Sixteenth century Europe as depicted on Peter Bruegel’s canvasses. A street festival, skating, hunting in the snow are everyday life. Rucker tells the story of an artist, whose own life is little known. We follow the artist from the alleys of Antwerp and Brussels to the decaying monuments of Rome and back again. A vivid depiction of change and discovery immortalised in his paintings.

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