Hacia una comprensión global de la multiplicidad en la obra de Pieter Bruegel

Abstract

En la obra de Pieter Bruegel encontramos elementos que, por mucho tiempo, la historiografía consideró antitéticos. ¿Cuáles son esos elementos y por qué fueron comprendidos como antagónicos? Para responder a estas preguntas deberemos analizar su obra, estudiar su contexto, y dialogar con las investigaciones que se dedicaron a él. Sin embargo, nuestro objetivo principal es sobre todo proponer una lectura que reconcilie la irreductible multiplicidad que vive al interior de sus obras, i.e. hacer patente la heterogeneidad y, sin anularla, superar su aparente incompatibilidad.

In Pieter Bruegel’s work we find elements that were for long regarded as antithetic by historiography. What are those elements and why were they perceived as antagonistic? In order to provide an answer to those questions we shall analyze his work, study his context, and entertain a dialogue with the studies focused on him. However, our main objective is to provide an interpretation that reconciles the irreducible multiplicity that inhabits his works, i.e. to stress the heterogeneity and, without nullifying it, to transcend its seeming incompatibility.