Wimmelbild

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German[edit]

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (1559)

Etymology[edit]

wimmeln (to teem) +‎ Bild (picture)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪml̩ˌbɪlt]
  • Hyphenation: Wim‧mel‧bild

Noun[edit]

Wimmelbild n (strong, genitive Wimmelbildes or Wimmelbilds, plural Wimmelbilder)

  1. A picture for children richly detailed with numerous people, animals, and objects.
    • 2007, Michael Langes, “Wimmelbild am Amazonas”, in Theater heute, page 45:
      So kreiert Schlingensief auf Wagners Folie natürlich vor allem ein Wimmelbild, ein monströses, nimmermüdes Tohuwabohu im Neben- und Über- und Durcheinander von Bildern und Tönen.
      Of course Schlingensief creates in this way above all a superabundant horror vacui image from Wagner's backdrop, a monstrous, never-tiring vortical chasm in an ensemble of images and notes placed beside, above and through one another.
  2. (art) A genre of painting with many details developed in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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