index 255 Kermis, 81, 82, 83, 150, 197n26, 230n13; Jonghelinck’s collection <strong>of</strong>, 74, 76; Labors <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Months series, 3, 7, 74, 107, 192n37, 208n5; Lust, 36; Massacre <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Innocents, 60–61, 74, 147, 149, 187n100; Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong>ish Proverbs, 6, 43, 43–44, 131, 148; Noirot’s collection <strong>of</strong>, 68–69, 74, 75, 76, 106, 107, 123, 154; Peasant <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nest Robber, 6, 8; Peasant Kermis, 7, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71–72, 75, 96, 100–101, 100–102, 117, 149, 150, 151, 154, 190nn23,26; Peasant Wedding Dance, 7, 64, 68, 69, 75, 99, 117, 123, 149, 150, 151, 154, 217n85; Peasant Wedding Feast, 7, 66, 68, 69, 71, 75, 88, 96, 102–3, 103, 117, 118– 22, 119, 121, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 190n26; St. Joris Kermis, 89, 150; Sermon <strong>of</strong> St. John <strong>the</strong> Baptist, 74; Seven Vices series, 33, 34, 35–37, 125, 148; Seven Virtues series, 9, 158n15, 160n41; Suicide <strong>of</strong> Saul, 74; Tower <strong>of</strong> Babel, 2, 4, 74; Triumph <strong>of</strong> Death, 8, 125, 147; Wedding <strong>of</strong> Mopsus <strong>and</strong> Nisa, 216n83; Wheat Harvest, 62, 64–65, 149; Witch <strong>of</strong> Mallegem, 10; Yawning Man, 56, 57, 58, 62, 149, 185n88 Brueghel, <strong>Pieter</strong>, <strong>the</strong> Younger, 142, 185n88, 186n91 Brueghel, Jan (“Velvet”), <strong>the</strong> Elder, 152, 186n91, 192n40, 227n64 Brune, Johannes de, 210n32 Brunswick Monogrammist. See Amstel, Jan van Bruyn, Lucy de, 224n40 Bry, Theodore de, 92 Buchelius, Arnoldus, 60, 187n98 Buijs, Hans, 208n4 Bunyan, Paul, 7 Burgh, Jacob van der, 19 Burke, Peter, 15, 97, 155, 163n4, 166n24 Burton, Robert, 112 Callimachus, 217n87 Calvinism, 85, 108, 110 Camille, Michael, 176n3 Cannons, 127 Capellanus, Andreas, 200n55 Carnival, 98, 133, 134, 137–38, 149, 167n34, 172n75, 174n91, 201n57, 206n98, 211n43, 216n83, 224–25n43 Carroll, Margaret D., 229n10 Castelein, Matthijs de, 184n83 Castiglione, Baldesar, 17–18, 97, 166n29, 168n36 Catharism, 7 Catholicism, 62 Cato, 56 Charles V (Holy Roman emperor), 86, 153 Chartier, Roger, 165–66n24 Chaucer, Geoªrey, 129, 141 Chesterfield, earl <strong>of</strong>, 16 Chichevache, 128–29 Chrysostom, John, 16, 164n10 Cicero, 19, 54, 107, 168n36 Cleve, Maerten van, 59, 88, 89, 99, 152, 200–201n56, 204n83 Clough, Richard, 78, 198n33 Cock, Cornelis, 191n29 Cock, Hieronymus, 7, 8, 9, 10, 33, 35, 73, 76, 78, 142, 148, 151, 180n53, 196n25, 216n83, 217n85 Cock, Jan de, 29 Cocles, Bartholomeaus, 48–49 Codpieces, 99–100, 138, 206nn105–6, 207n108 Coecke van Aelst, <strong>Pieter</strong>, 62, 142
256 index Coigneau, Dirk, 24 Comedy, 1, 54, 56, 125, 173n83, 183nn77–78. See also Farces; Fools; Humor; Jest books; Jokes; <strong>Laughter</strong> Commercial relations, 7, 9, 78–79, 160n29 Commissions, 7, 13, 47, 74, 75, 83, 141, 152 Conduct books, 17, 86, 145–46, 165n20, 210n24 Coo, J. de, 218n2 Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz, 80 Costumes, 10, 70, 77, 98–99, 108, 128, 136, 176n10, 200n55, 206n102, 209n20 Cotgrave, R<strong>and</strong>le, 31–33 Council <strong>of</strong> Blood, 230n14 Council <strong>of</strong> Trent, 175n2 Country residences, 78–86, 151, 154, 194–95nn8–25 Cyclops, 2 Dalem, Cornelis van, 80 Dance <strong>of</strong> death, 7 Dance <strong>of</strong> folly, 72, 101 Dances, social, 69, 77, 81, 87, 88, 90, 96–97, 98, 109, 155, 189n10, 204nn84–86, 217n87; <strong>Bruegel</strong>’s depiction <strong>of</strong>, 7, 64, 68, 69, 75, 99–101, 100 Darwin, Charles, 181n55 David, Gerard, 118, 119 Davidson, Jane P., 228n70 Death, 6, 7, 8 Delen, A. J. J., 177n15 Delevoy, Robert, 46 Democritus, 18, 168n36 Demons, 34, 36, 125, 131, 136, 144, 172n73, 177n17 Dene, Eduard de, 146–47 Des Périers, Bonaventure, 18, 167n31 Devil(s): in Beham’s art, 135, 136; in Binck’s art, 135, 137; in Bosch’s art, 29; in <strong>Bruegel</strong>’s art, 31, 35, 36, 141; in Hopfer’s art, 135, 138; in plays, 135, 178n27; in Ryckaert’s art, 142–44, 143; in Sachs’s writings, 135–36; in Teniers’s art, 143, 144, 144; women as associates <strong>of</strong>, 131– 33, 135, 219n10; women as relatives <strong>of</strong>, 131–33, 222–23n29; women in conflict with, 129–31, 130, 131, 133– 36, 134, 136–38, 143–44, 143–44, 148, 223n34 Didacticism, 1, 31, 41, 43, 62, 178n27, 184n85 Dierickx, Hendrik, 197n26 Diercx, Volcxken, 142, 227n62 Dining rooms, art displayed in, 69, 106–7, 108, 117, 154, 208n5 Dinners: <strong>Bruegel</strong>’s depiction <strong>of</strong>, 7, 66, 68, 69, 71, 75, 88, 96, 102–3, 103, 117, 118–22, 119, 121, 190n26; Floris’s depiction <strong>of</strong>, 104, 111, 111; jovial behavior at, 111–16, 154; philosophical conversation at, 73, 107–8, 154; Pourbus’s depiction <strong>of</strong>, 108–9, 109, 111, 113; proverbs quoted at, 117; religion discussed at, 108, 112, 114; Saenredam’s depiction <strong>of</strong>, 115, 116; serious demeanor at, 108–11, 112, 113, 114, 120–21, 154; De Zeeuw’s depiction <strong>of</strong>, 110, 110 Diogenes, 42 Disguised symbolism, 4, 6 Doesborch, Jan van, 146 Doetecum, Jan van, 59, 60, 78–79 Doetecum, Lucas van, 59, 60, 78–79 Donatus, 54 Doornicke, Jan van, 62 Drama. See Plays
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