Introduction: "Cultural selection" and the origins of pictorial species.
Antwerp as a cultural system.
Town and country: painted worlds of early landscapes.
Money matters.
Kitchens and markets.
Labor and leisure: the peasant.
Second Bosch: family resemblance and the marketing of art.
Descent from Bruegel I: from Flanders to Holland.
Descent from Bruegel II: Flemish friends and family.
Trickle-down genres: the "curious" cases of flowers and seascapes.
Conclusions: Value and values in the capital of capitalism.
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Peasant scenes and landscapes : the rise of pictorial genres in the Antwerp art market by Larry Silver. ISBN 9780812238686. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
