Peter Paul Rubens is viewed in our time as one of the Masters of his period in art. Living in the 1600’s he was vastly influenced by the Baroque ideals of art and culture. He is considered by some to have blended the work from the Renaissance and Early Baroque into one of the first truly "European" styles of painting. His style is considered to be an exaggerated Baroque style with large amounts of emphasis on color‚ sensuality‚ and movement. Subjects in Rubens’ paintings are commonly shown in dynamic
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Peter Paul Rubens was the painter of the first part of the Seventeenth Century in Catholic Europe. How he became so is an interesting story. Rubens was educated to be a humanist but like all great artists choose his profession for himself. The combination of first rate classical education with innate visual genius made for an unprecedented combination in an artist‚ which is what made him so great. It has been said that no artist has ever been as well educated as Rubens. After training with
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PETER PAUL REBUNS JUNE 28‚1577 – MAY 30‚ 1640 History of the Artist The most sought-after painter in northern Europe during the seventeenth century‚ Peter Paul Rubens‚ was also a diplomat‚ linguist‚ and scholar. His dramatic artistic style of the seventeenth century is now called "baroque‚" a term apparently derived at a later time from ornate jewelry set with irregular pearls. At its most exuberant‚ the baroque involves restless motion‚ startling color contrasts‚ and vivid
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renowned. I say write about the artist that you find interesting and that person to me is Peter Paul Rubens. He has mastery over his brush and painted extraordinary baroque style art works that are sought after today. He life had
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In his “Venus at a Mirror” Paul Rubens presents the nude beauty of the goddess of Love‚ Venus. The artist portrays the goddess of love from a back view‚ seated in the center of his composition. An adolescent cupid is presented in the left foreground‚ holding a mirror with the reflection of Venus’ face on its surface‚ while a dark-skinned‚ exotic handmaid fills the upper right of the painting fondling the golden hair of the Venus. The three figures form a lunette that emphasizes the mirror that frames
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Peter Paul Rubens‚ a Flemish artist‚ who spent many years in Italy studying the stylings of antiquity as well as more contemporary artists such as Caravaggio and Michelangelo. Peter Paul Rubens would go on to adopt the method of figura serpentinata from Michelangelo and the Northern European style of showing the clear appearance and texture of things into his works as well as Caravaggio’s use of bold‚ baroque‚ colors. Together‚ these methods formed the distinct and popular moethods of peter Paul Rubens
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Peter Paul Rubens was born in 1577 within a quaint German town called Siegen. Peter Paul Rubens was known as a Flemish artist and lived a very successful life in doing so. Peter led a wealthy life‚ having been raised by a family of spice merchants. His father‚ Jan Rubens was responsible for much of Peter’s success since birth. Peter’s father Jan‚ was a successful lawyer in Antwerp‚ Belgium‚ who decided to leave the city in effort to escape the religious war. Peter’s life had unexpectedly changed
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for Peter Paul Rubens Alpers‚ Svetlana. The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century. Chicago: University of Chicago Press‚ 1983. Print. Alpers‚ Svetlana. The Making of Rubens. New Haven: Yale University Press‚ 1995. Print. Barnes‚ Alethea Henry. "An Examination of Hunting Scenes by Peter Paul Rubens." University of Missouri - Kansas City‚ 2009. United States -- Missouri: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT). Web. 29 Jan. 2013. Belkin‚ Kristin Lohse. Rubens. London:
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seriously ill and died in Antwerp in 1640. Pierre Paul Rubens was essentially known for his naked woman representations. “The Three Graces” for example is an interesting painting he made since it reflects the ideal image of the woman at that time. “The Three Graces” was made around 1635‚ it is an oil painting which is made out d the three primary colors yellow‚ blue and red. The art piece measures 220.5 cm x 182 cm and is now located in the “Museo del Prado‚ Madrid.” As it can be seen
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my paper on‚ none of them caught my eye like Peter Paul Reubens‚ “The Raising of The Cross”. The painting was created by use of oil paint on wooden panels in the year 1610. There are many aspects about this painting that catch your eye but the main aspects are the geometric stability it holds‚ the emotional thrust it throws at the viewer and Reuben’s intentions and meaning behind the painting. First let me give a little background on Peter Paul Reuben. Reuben was born in Germany in 1577 and his
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