Word: bruegelian
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Wood's eyeline for many of these landscapes floats oneirically up in the air; he was fond of aerial perspective, the Bruegelian God's-eye view, as in his hovering vision of Arbor Day, 1932. Sometimes, with less happy results, he conflated it with Hollywood. The night view of Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1931, is straight out of a Disney animation, and indeed the influence of Walt on Wood looks stronger than is usually acknowledged. In his curious Death on the Ridge Road, 1935, a painting of an impending car crash, the fatal truck coming over...
...election party in Los Angeles, Correspondent Joe Kane observed while celebrants, dressed in costumes ranging from knickers to gold lamè, absorbed mariachi music. "To top it all off," says Kane, "an Arab sheik arrived in full native costume, including six rings. He easily fit into this curious, Bruegelian scene...
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