Metaphor And Preach: On The Character Image In The Paintings Of Pieter Bruegel

Pieter Bruegel（1525-1569）is a Dutch painter famous for his prints and emblems in the 16^th century.In his painting practice,he carried out the research of multiple themes and diverse language forms and extended the socialized deep image interpretation with the themes of“metaphor”and“preach”.The character image in the visual space of a painting stands out with strong artistic creativity and rich aesthetic expression.It is an embodiment of people’s aesthetic understanding and choice in the dual dimension of history and culture and a direct manifestation of the themes“of“metaphor”and“preach”.On the basis of the personalization,the character image also expresses emotion through visual metaphor and admonishes people to integrate into society with active and normal behavior.The diachronic cultural perspective reveals the transformation of character image in the painting,thereby constructing the cultural ecological relationship between artist,work of art and spectator on the socio-cultural level.On the specification of historical background,it also analyzes the transformation of partner role in the research spectrum and offers a literature review of related researches on the character image in the paintings of Pieter Bruegel.It analyzes how the plain character image at the early stage is transformed into the main visual perception of the painting structure,thereby explaining how the themes of“metaphor”and“preach”are transformed into the content of the work.It also points out that the construction of the character involves a social guidance by which the photographic visual perception constrains and positively influences the people’s behavior in reality by the means of metaphor.It is a meaningful process to educate and admonish people and make the active moral connotation stand out independently.The image admonishing is related with the figure,thereby maintaining the social ethical order.