# The Sense of Hearing \(detail\)

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/the-sense-of-hearing-detail-r0ec754c412db70>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

Western music, as we know it, begins with the Renaissance. Since no Greek or Roman music survives, there were no classical models to follow. The design of instruments, especially keyboards and strings, was improved, and a galaxy of composers, such as Orlando Lassus and Josquin des Préz exploited these resources to make music more complex, personal and passionate.

## Related artworks

- [A Flemish Fair \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/a-flemish-fair-detail-r27688de1d2dd96>)
- [A Flemish Fair \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/a-flemish-fair-detail-r3bcbf391cd866e>)
- [A Flemish Fair](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/a-flemish-fair-r0308dcab219510>)
- [Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/adam-and-eve-in-the-garden-of-eden-r4564b81c46d5b0>)
- [Air \(Optics\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/air-optics-rba0feb1c879c68>)
- [Allegory of Sight and Smell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/allegory-of-sight-and-smell-r597f5ab34adc66>)
- [Bouquet in a Clay Vase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-in-a-clay-vase-r08b965c81ec632>)
- [Bouquet in a Clay Vase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-in-a-clay-vase-r5e77920b69ef38>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-of-flowers-detail-rcf70c0b0e4a71f>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-of-flowers-r088404730cbc58>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-of-flowers-r23ac8e42a54995>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-of-flowers-re721a4740bd110>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)