stoked so much controversy that they were once censored out of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1566 painting The Wedding Dance. Now, art buffs have the chance to view the painting and its jovial cast ...

A particular party has been kept alive at the Detroit Institute of Arts since 1930: “The Wedding Dance” (1566) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The revelers, an ebullient crowd of 129 16th-century ...

To mark the 450th anniversary of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s death, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is showcasing its painting by the Netherlandish master: The Wedding Dance of 1566 ...

In 1566, Pieter Bruegel the Elder completed "The Wedding Dance," an animated depiction of no-holds-barred carousing that was instantly popular and copied -- drunken peasants, bulging codpieces ...

Even in his own time, the mid-16th century, Pieter Bruegel the Elder was one of the most popular ... with reproductions of Bruegel’s ‘The Wedding Banquet,’ with peasants carrying huge ...

The artist’s “Wedding Dance in the Open Air” spent ... you can now immerse yourself in one of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s most bizarre paintings and hang out with the peculiar creatures ...

Museums are understandably prone toward a bit of hyperbole when it comes to promoting their hoped-for blockbusters, but when it comes to Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525–1569), you can ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts owns many masterpieces, but perhaps none as cherished as Pieter Bruegel’s “The Wedding Dance” (1566). The merry peasant scene, with its spirited dancing ...

Detail of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, “The Fight Between Carnival and Lent” (1559) (image via Wikimedia Commons) But that crush of humanity is not quite what draws the spectator’s attention.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, born around 1525 in Brabant ... Notable works include "The Hunters in the Snow" and "The Peasant Wedding." Bruegel's paintings are characterized by their intricate ...