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    The painting depicts a procession of six blind, disfigured men. They pass along a path bordered by a river on one side and a village with a church on the other. The leader of the group has fallen on his back into a ditch … See more

    Background

    Sixteenth-century Europe was undergoing many societal changes: the Protestant Reformation and its rejection of public religious imagery; Renaissance humanism and its emphasis on empiricism at the expense of … See more

    Analysis

    Charles Bouleau wrote of the tension in Bruegel's compositional rhythms. The picture is divided into nine equal parts divided by a set of parallel oblique lines. These are divided by another network of lines at con… See more

    Where did the phrase 'blind leading the blind' come from?
    Wait until they all fall flat on their faces." The expression 'blind leading the blind' originates from the Holy Bible. The proverbial saying appears in the Book of Matthew, verse 15:14 in the Miles Coverdale Edition, published in 1535. The phrase appears in archaic English as follows.
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