Review Important People: Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish Baroque painter‚ and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement‚ colour‚ and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces‚ portraits‚ landscapes‚ and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe‚ Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar
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Rubens‚a Baroque painter‚ has contributed so much to art more than any other artist‚ because of his unique expression of form‚ composition‚ and color. He created about 3‚000 works of art throughout his life‚ all of which are now scattered in museums across the world. He is well known for his allegorical references‚ pyramidal composition‚ landscapes‚ and depiction of the human form through his depiction of corpulent women. He influenced many painters as well as avante-garde movements such as the Impressionist
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Though the term‚ baroque‚ as a generic term does not fully suit the era in which it encompasses; this era includes a wide variety of skills‚ media‚ and subjects that each piece includes. Peter Paul Rubens was a well-educated‚ high-end artist that gained continuous attention from royal families. Rubens became court painter and was sought be various prestigious families during his career; the dukes of Mantua‚ friend of the king of spain as well as his advisor‚ Charles I of England and Marie de’ Medici
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powerful grief and significance that could be interpreted in multiple ways “Massacre of the Innocents” by Peter Paul Rubens‚ 1612 is one to fit the description immensely. When viewing “Massacre of the Innocents” what meanings are exemplified‚ shown‚ and reasons behind all the violence throughout the graphic painting. A treasure in art like “Massacre of the Innocents” by Peter Paul Rubens has many meanings and messages‚ including dealing with deep injustice‚ dealing with ignorance and mothers caring towards
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Very often‚ people tell Jacque they really like this direction‚ but it won’t happen because he forgot one thing. After over 70 years of working on this direction‚ to have people think he forgot this one thing is amazing to me. They say “you forgot about Human Nature.” So I would like to discuss this. I would like to address the concept of environment and how it affects human behavior. The study of human behavior‚ in many ways‚ is still in it’s early stages. In all other fields of science‚ they
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Venus de Milo is a marble sculpture designed and created by Alexandros of Antioch. The sculpture is believed to resemble Aphrodite‚ the goddess of love. She is presented with a beautiful face‚ wavy pulled back hair and a draped cloth resting at the waist. Venus de Milo is filled with mystery due to her missing arms and where she was found. There are raised questions if Venus de Milo is Aphrodite or if she is the sea goddess‚ Amphitrite. The mysterious sculpture has raised this question. What was
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Your Name April 21‚ 2013 Venus de Willendorf VS The Barbie Doll Who are they today? Venus de Willendorf and Barbie are two very different representations of women and their beauty. Both are man-made and inspirational‚ both from two very different times. Venus by the homosapiens millions of years ago and Barbie a mere fifty years ago by a woman and mother looking for a doll her daughter could play and grow with. In looking at Venus de Willendorf and the Barbie doll‚ they seem to be related in
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Bronzino’s Venus‚ Cupid‚ Folly‚ and Time (c. mid 1540’s) is an astounding painting which includes intricate symbolism.# The painting has provoked much scholarly controversy and‚ to this day no one art historian can agree on what the overall idea of the painting is.# One source says that Bronzino was commissioned for this work not only as a demonstration of painterly excellence‚ but as a demonstration of Florentine intellectual cleverness‚ necessary both for the invention of the imagery and for
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Cycladic figure created around ca. 2600-2400 B.C.E. by the Greeks in the Cyclades‚ and the Venus of Willendorf created by Paleolithic peoples around ca. 25‚000-20‚000 B.C.E. Although both are thought to have been used in rituals that sought the blessings of Mother Earth‚ there are some vast differences between the Venus of Willendorf and the Cycladic figure. The most obvious being their appearance. Whereas the Venus of Willendorf is a nude woman with big breasts‚ a large buttocks‚ and a swollen belly
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Peter Paul Rubens perfectly represents artistic traditions and philosophical beliefs of the Baroque period because of Ruben’s techniques and subject matter. These techniques include the strong contrast between light and dark‚ the usage of rich‚ flamboyant colors which is offset by a dark background‚ the depiction of motion and facial expressions‚ the rendering of high detail‚ the naturalistic rather than ideal figures‚ the enlarges sense of space‚ the aim to create a dramatic effect‚ the theme of
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