An Early Utopian Artistic Representation of the Freedom from Work: On Bruegel’s Luyeleckerlandt (1567), a Utopia of a Society Without Labour or a Dystopia in Favour of Work Ethics?
摘要
This contribution seeks to submit The Land of Cockagne (1567) of Pieter Bruegel to a iconographical and iconological analysis. The research question focus on the question whether the freedom from work depicted needs to be interpreted as a subversive Utopia, advocating the freedom from work or as a dystopia, confirming a traditional promotion of work ethics.