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Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter - AAAARG.ORG

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contents<br />

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List <strong>of</strong> Illustrations / ix<br />

Acknowledgments / xix<br />

prologue<br />

Deciphering <strong>Bruegel</strong> / 1<br />

chapter 1<br />

The Commodity <strong>of</strong> <strong>Laughter</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Sixteenth Century / 14<br />

chapter 2<br />

<strong>Bruegel</strong>’s <strong>Art</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Laughter</strong> / 28<br />

chapter 3<br />

A Bankrupt <strong>and</strong> His <strong>Bruegel</strong>s / 67<br />

chapter 4<br />

Rustic Revels / 77<br />

chapter 5<br />

Making Good Cheer / 106<br />

chapter 6<br />

The Devil’s Nemesis: Griet <strong>and</strong> Her Sisters / 124<br />

epilogue<br />

Taking <strong>Laughter</strong> Seriously / 145<br />

Notes / 157<br />

Select Bibliography / 233<br />

Index / 253

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