Compare Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow (figure 16.14 on page 260) with Whispering Pines on a Mountain Path by Tang Yin
Coldness and the desire to go inside to rest next to a burning fire is a sensation that reveals from Bruegel’s painting “Hunters in the Snow”, combined with the vivid desire to stay out and enjoy the excitement of winter, facing the cold. This is an antagonist view portrayed by Bruegel who surprises the winter season with its hardships and its joys: while some men and their dogs are coming back from hunting tired and seemingly dull, for having a small capture (solely a rabid seems to have been hunted) a group of women are in charge with their daily tasks, but they ...
