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-[[Image:From the Waking Dream book.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Adspectus Incauti Dispendium]]'' (1601), woodblock title page from the ''[[Veridicus Christianus]]''.]]+[[Image:From the Waking Dream book.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Adspectus Incauti Dispendium]]'' (1601), woodblock title page from the ''Veridicus Christianus''.]]
 +[[Image:Festoon, masks and rosettes made of shells by Jan van Kessel the Elder.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Festoon, Masks and Rosettes Made of Shells]]'' (1656, detail) by Jan van Kessel the Elder]]
[[Image:Detail from Superbia, 1577, Bruegel.jpg |thumb|right|200px|Detail of ''[[Superbia]]'' ([[1577]]) by [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]], science fiction [[avant-la-lettre]] (from the collection [[The Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Vices (Pieter Bruegel the Elder)|''The Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Vices'']])]] [[Image:Detail from Superbia, 1577, Bruegel.jpg |thumb|right|200px|Detail of ''[[Superbia]]'' ([[1577]]) by [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]], science fiction [[avant-la-lettre]] (from the collection [[The Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Vices (Pieter Bruegel the Elder)|''The Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Vices'']])]]
[[Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' ([[1525]]-[[1530|30]]) by [[Quentin Matsys]]]] [[Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' ([[1525]]-[[1530|30]]) by [[Quentin Matsys]]]]
 +[[Image:Last Judgement.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Last Judgment (Bosch triptych fragment)]]'' by [[Hieronymus Bosch]]]]
 +
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-The father of the Flemish fantastique is is the Dutch master [[Hieronymus Bosch]]. Together with [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]], these two painters define the roots of the [[Flemish fantastique]].+The father of the Flemish fantastique and grotesque is the Dutch master [[Hieronymus Bosch]]. Together with [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]], these two painters define the roots of the [[Flemish fantastique and grotesque]].
- +==Visual art==
-==List of works==+=== Pieter Bruegel the Elder ===
-*''[[The Fall of the Rebel Angels ]]''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_I-Fall_of_rebel_Angels_IMG_1444.JPG] by [[Pieter Bruegel de Oude]]+*''[[The Fall of the Rebel Angels ]]''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_I-Fall_of_rebel_Angels_IMG_1444.JPG]
*''[[Dull Gret]]'' *''[[Dull Gret]]''
-*[[Big Fish Eat Little Fish]], drawing by [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]]+*[[Big Fish Eat Little Fish]], drawing
-*''[[The temptation of St. Anthony (Breughel drawing)]]''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_%28I%29_114.jpg] (1556). Currently in the [[Ashmolean Museum]]. This[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_%28Temptation_of_St_Antony%29.jpg] is the engraving.+*''[[The temptation of St. Anthony (Breughel drawing)]]''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_%28I%29_114.jpg] (1556).
*[[Divus Jacobus diabolicis praestigiis ante magum sistitur]] (St. James is arrefled before the magician by diabolical delufions)[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_St_James_the_Greater_at_Hermogenes_-_WGA3536.jpg]. *[[Divus Jacobus diabolicis praestigiis ante magum sistitur]] (St. James is arrefled before the magician by diabolical delufions)[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_St_James_the_Greater_at_Hermogenes_-_WGA3536.jpg].
 +===Bosch===
*[[The work of Bosch]] *[[The work of Bosch]]
 +
 +===The Four Seasons by Joos de Momper===
 +<gallery>
 +Image:Spring.jpg|''Spring'', one of the ''[[The Four Seasons (Joos de Momper)|The Four Seasons]]'' (early [[17th century]]) by [[Joos de Momper]]
 +Image:Joos de Momper 2.jpg|''Summer'', one of the ''[[The Four Seasons (Joos de Momper)|The Four Seasons]]'' (early [[17th century]]) by [[Joos de Momper]]
 +Image:Autumn.jpg|''Autumn'', one of the ''[[The Four Seasons (Joos de Momper)|The Four Seasons]]'' (early [[17th century]]) by [[Joos de Momper]]
 +Image:Joos de Momper.jpg|''Winter'', one of the ''[[The Four Seasons (Joos de Momper)|The Four Seasons]]'' (early [[17th century]]) by [[Joos de Momper]]
 +
 +</gallery>
 +===Others===
 +*The work of [[Cornelis Bos]], [[Cornelis Cort]], [[Cornelis Floris]], [[Joris Hoefnagel]], [[Frans Floris]], [[Philip Galle]], [[Jan Mandyn]], [[Marten de Vos]], [[Hieronymus Cock]], [[Pieter van der Heyden]] and [[Otto van Veen]].
 +*''[[Pourtraicture ingenieuse de plusieurs façon de Masques. Fort utile aulx painctres, orseures, Taillieurs de pierres, voirriers et Taillieurs d'images]]'' by [[Cornelis Floris]], engraved by [[Frans Huys]].
 +==Literature==
 +===20th century===
 +The grotesques of [[Gaston Burssens]], [[Paul van Ostaijen]] and [[Gust Gils]]. Paul van Ostaijen's grotesque prose pieces were inspired by [[Edgar Allan Poe]], [[Paul Scheerbart]] and [[Mynona]].
 +==See also==
 +*[[Magic realism (Belgium)]]
 +*[[Flemish art]]
*[[Fantastic art]] *[[Fantastic art]]
*[[Fantastique]] *[[Fantastique]]
 +*[[Belgian French-language literature in the fantastique genre]]
==Bibliography== ==Bibliography==
*''[[De zotte schilders : moraalridders van het penseel rond Bosch, Bruegel en Brouwer]]'' *''[[De zotte schilders : moraalridders van het penseel rond Bosch, Bruegel en Brouwer]]''
*''[[Le Fantastique Dans L'Art Flamand]]'' (1947) by [[Paul Fierens]] *''[[Le Fantastique Dans L'Art Flamand]]'' (1947) by [[Paul Fierens]]
 +*''[[Cornelius Bos: a study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque]]'' by [[Sune Schéle]]
 +*[[Louis Maeterlinck]]
 +**''[[Le genre satirique: fantastique et licencieux dans la sculpture flamande et wallonne; les miséricordes de stalles]]''.
 +**''[[Le genre satirique dans la peinture flamande]]''
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The father of the Flemish fantastique and grotesque is the Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch. Together with Pieter Bruegel the Elder, these two painters define the roots of the Flemish fantastique and grotesque.

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Bosch

The Four Seasons by Joos de Momper

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Literature

20th century

The grotesques of Gaston Burssens, Paul van Ostaijen and Gust Gils. Paul van Ostaijen's grotesque prose pieces were inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Scheerbart and Mynona.

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Bibliography




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