For the meaning of other masterpieces, see: Famous Paintings Analyzed. Art Education To appreciate Flemish painters like Pieter Brugel, see our educational essays: Art Evaluation and also: How to Appreciate Paintings.mong the greatest genre paintings of the Northern Renaissance, and the most famous of all Flemish illustrations of peasant life, the work exemplifies the artist's late-style, with its use of monumental Italianate figures.
(Units) a unit of distance used in astronomy equal to the mean distance between the earth and the sun. 1 astronomical unit is equivalent to 1.495 Ã 1011 metres or about 9.3 Ã 107 miles.
1 AU = 149,597,870.700 kilometers (or 149,597,870,700 meters). Definition: An Astronomical Unit is the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun. In 2012, the International Astronomical Union defined the distance to be 149,597,870,700 meters.Historical Background: Tycho Brahe estimated the distance between the Sun and the Earth at 8 million kilometers (5 million miles).Later, Johannes Kepler estimated the AU was at 24 million kilometers (15 million miles).In 1672, Giovanni Cassini made a much better estimate by using Mars.istorical Background: Tycho Brahe estimated the distance between the Sun and the Earth at 8 million kilometers (5 million miles). Later, Johannes Kepler estimated the AU was at 24 million kilometers (15 million miles).