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Coecke van Aelst, Pieter
Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (b Aelst, 14 Aug. 1502; d Brussels, 6 Dec. 1550). Netherlandish painter, architect, sculptor, designer of tapestries and stained glass, writer, and publisher. He was probably a pupil of Bernard van Orley in Brussels, but he was active mainly in Antwerp, where he became a member of the painters' guild in 1527. Some time before then he had probably been to Rome and in 1533–4 he visited Constantinople. His mission to gain business there for the Brussels tapestry works was unsuccessful, but the drawings he made on his journey were later published by his widow, the painter Mayken Verhulst (c.1520–1600), as woodcut illustrations in Les Mœurs et fachons de faire des Turcz (The Manners and Customs of the Turks, 1553). He ran a large workshop and was regarded as one of the leading Antwerp painters of his day, but his work is fairly run-of-the-mill and he is generally more important for his publishing activities. Like his paintings, his books are saturated in Italian influence, and the translation that he and his widow issued of the architectural treatise of Sebastiano Serlio (1549–53) played a large part in spreading Renaissance ideas in the Netherlands (it was from his edition, too, rather than from the Italian original, that the English translation of 1611 was made). Pieter Bruegel the Elder was his son-in-law and, according to van Mander, his pupil, but there is no trace of Coecke's influence in his work. Coecke van Aelst is not to be confused with Pieter van Aelst (see Brussels tapestries).
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IAN CHILVERS. "Coecke van Aelst, Pieter." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Coecke van Aelst, Pieter." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-CoeckevanAelstPieter.html IAN CHILVERS. "Coecke van Aelst, Pieter." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-CoeckevanAelstPieter.html |
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Coecke van Aelst, Pieter
Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (1502–50). Netherlandish painter, architect, sculptor, designer of tapestries and stained glass, writer, and publisher. He was probably a pupil of Bernard van Orley in Brussels, but he was active mainly in Antwerp, where he became a member of the painters' guild in 1527. Sometime before then he had probably been to Rome and in 1533–4 he visited Constantinople. His mission to gain business there for the Brussels tapestry works was unsuccessful, but the drawings he made on his journey were later published by his widow Mayken Verhulst as woodcut illustrations in Les Mœurs et fachons de faire des Turcz (The Manners and Customs of the Turks, 1553). He ran a large workshop and was regarded as one of the leading Antwerp painters of his day, but his work is fairly run-of-the-mill and he is generally more important for his publishing activities. Like his paintings, his books are saturated in Italian influence, and the translation that he and his widow issued of the architectural treatise of Sebastiano Serlio (1549–53) played a large part in spreading Renaissance ideas in the Netherlands (it was from this edition, too, rather than from the Italian original, that the English translation of 1611 was made). Pieter Bruegel the Elder was his son-in-law, and, according to van Mander, his pupil, but there is no trace of Coecke's influence in his work.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Coecke van Aelst, Pieter." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Coecke van Aelst, Pieter." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-CoeckevanAelstPieter.html IAN CHILVERS. "Coecke van Aelst, Pieter." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-CoeckevanAelstPieter.html |
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Coecke van Aelst, Pieter
Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (or Peter Coucke van Aelst) (1502–50). South Netherlandish painter, architect, and linguist. After extensive travels he settled in Antwerp, where he published (1539) a Flemish translation of Vitru-vius's De Architectura and (1539–53) Serlio's multi-volume treatise into Flemish, French, and High German. He can be credited with introducing a Classicizing architecture to Antwerp and Brussels.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Coecke van Aelst, Pieter." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Coecke van Aelst, Pieter." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-CoeckevanAelstPieter.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Coecke van Aelst, Pieter." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-CoeckevanAelstPieter.html |
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Aelst, Pieter Coecke van
Aelst, Pieter Coecke van. See Coecke van Aelst.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Aelst, Pieter Coecke van." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Aelst, Pieter Coecke van." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-AelstPieterCoeckevan.html IAN CHILVERS. "Aelst, Pieter Coecke van." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-AelstPieterCoeckevan.html |
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