 Robert L. Bonn , an author , described these trilogy of works as " superb examples " of anthropological paintings , and states that " in three genre paintings Bruegel stands in marked contrast both to painters of his day and many others who followed . " Thomas Craven summarises The Wedding Dance as " One of several celebrations of the joys of gluttony painted by Brueghel with bursting vitality " . Walter S. Gibson , an art historian , also views the paintings as a " sermon condemning gluttony " and " an allegory of the Church abandoned by Christ . " 
