Bruegel Blind Leading The Blind
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Bruegel blind leading the blind. The blind leading the blind blind or the parable of the blind dutch. It depicts the biblical parable of the blind leading the blind from the gospel of matthew 15 14 and is in the. Each holds the shoulder or the walking stick of the predecessor in the line.
It strikes the viewer immediately by its forms and colours. The blind leading the blind blind or the parable of the blind dutch. Shall they not both fall into the ditch this religious parable on spiritual blindness was also the inspiration for bruegel s moral painting twelve flemish proverbs which depicts faith and how to live one s life.
And if the blind lead the blind both shall fall into the ditch and luke 6 39 and he spake a parable unto them can the blind lead the blind. Final research paper bruegel. Blind leading the blind.
De parabel der blinden is a painting by the netherlandish renaissance artist pieter bruegel the elder completed in 1568 executed in distemper on linen canvas it measures 86 cm 154 cm 34 in 61 in. It is a representation of the biblical parable from the gospel of matthew 15 14. The scene represents a group of poor blind people maybe even beggars.
The last two blind figures in bruegel s the blind leading the blind when i first viewed bruegel s masterpiece the blind leading the blind in naples i had been living in italy for nearly a year so it s impact was instant.
