Evgeny Zharinov Hunters in the Snow

The Hidden Meaning of the Painting "Hunters in the Snow" by Pieter Bruegel and Analysis of His Wo...

Jul 4, 2025  #renaissance #symbolism #plague
How did medieval man see art?
What is the hidden meaning of Bruegel's painting "Hunters in the Snow"?

And why is Bruegel an artist of magical realism?

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Timecodes:
00:00 — 100 great masterpieces of painting
01:31 — "The Descent of the Holy Spirit" in Rembrandt's painting
02:42 — The era and living conditions of the 15th century
03:43 — The plague and its impact on Europe
05:26 — How the plague prepared the Renaissance
06:00 — The cult of man in the Renaissance
07:09 — The Florentine Renaissance
08:03 — Plato's Academy and the philosophy of the Renaissance
08:45 — Botticelli's "Spring" as a manifesto of the Renaissance
09:57 — The influence of microorganisms on history
10:23 — Bruegel as a "peasant artist"
11:15 — "Hunters in the Snow" and their symbolism
12:37 — The influence of the painting on cinema
14:04 — "The Mill and the Cross" — a film based on Breugel
14:52 — Continuation of the conversation about "Hunters in the Snow"
15:04 — Breugel's legacy and surviving works
17:40 — The "Months" or "Seasons" cycle
19:21 — Breugel's inspiration: medieval books of hours
20:27 — The meaning of images for a medieval person
21:41 — The Bible through architecture and illustrations
22:54 — The life of a medieval person
24:28 — A different mentality of people of the past
25:57 — The connection of "Hunters in the Snow" with tradition
26:40 — Breugel and the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
27:25 — Hunters and struggle for survival
28:20 — Bruegel and the life of peasants
29:05 — The tavern in the painting
29:46 — Bruegel's complex attitude towards people
30:06 — "The Fall of Icarus" as an example of indifference
30:50 — "The Mill and the Cross" and the crucifixion of Christ
32:03 — Bruegel's style and the "web" of meanings
32:28 — "The Massacre of the Innocents" and inattention to events
33:43 — The fox as a symbol of deception
34:21 — The fox and the image of Satan
35:03 — The composition of the painting and the feeling of flight
35:35 — The mountains in the background and the influence of the Italian Renaissance
37:18 — Bruegel's own point of view in the painting
37:38 — The tavern and the flame as a symbol
38:17 — Association with "The Massacre of the Innocents"
38:37 — The title tavern and hidden meaning
39:00 — Tarkovsky's "Solaris" and Breugel's painting
39:25 — Connection with cinema
39:34 — Saint Istafiy and the deer on the sign
40:03 — Conversion of a pagan to Christianity
40:50 — Symbolism of details in Breugel
41:43 — Why January-February?
42:12 — Geometry and semantic lines of the painting
42:46 — Diagonals and compositional structure
44:15 — The theme of human blindness
44:53 — Bosch's influence on Bruegel
45:50 — The symbol of skates - sliding along the edge of the abyss
47:03 — Warning of Bosch and Bruegel
48:04 — God in everyday life
48:41 — The central figure of the hunter
49:27 — The tragedy of movement
50:29 — Color and dark spots in the composition
51:02 — Rhythm and musical analogy
51:49 — Serious conversation with God
52:10 — The burning house as a symbol of the soul
52:52 — The line of fire and the smoked pig
53:21 — The fox, the pig and their symbolism
54:16 — "Do not cast pearls before swine"
54:54 — Conflict between the earthly and the divine
55:26 — The modern meaning of the painting
56:32 — Bruegel and cinema
57:00 — The French New Wave and Alexey German
58:04 — Random details and the highest order
58:53 — Chaos and the presence of another world

The hidden meaning of the painting "Hunters in the Snow" by Pieter Bruegel and an analysis of his work | Evgeny Zharinov

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