Artist pronunciation list
Note to every undergraduate art history student in America: Read this before I hear another presentation on Ingres.
This guide is meant to provide acceptable pronunciation for names and other art words for English-speaking North Americans. In many cases it only gives an approximation of the native language sounds.
Arles - arl
Bosch, Hieronymus - heer-AHN-ih-mus bosh
Botticelli, Sandro - SAN-droh boht-ee-CHEL-ee
Bouguereau, Adolphe William - BOO - gehr - oh (spoken)
Brancusi, Constantin - KAHN-stan-teen BRAHN-koosh (also: brahn-KOO-see)
Braque, Georges - zhorzh brahk
Bruegel, Pieter - PEE-tur BROO-g’l (often:BROY-g’l)
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