Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was from an Antwerp family. In 1591 he became a pupil Verhaecht, a landscape and decorative painter. In 1600 Rubens went to Italy and became a Court painter to Duke of Mantua. He travelled widely in Italy and visited many of the great cities. He spent time studied the works of Titan and Michelangelo. On return to Antwerp he was appointed as the Court Painter to the Spanish Governor of Netherlands, a post he held for the rest of his life. In Antwerp he built himself an Italianate palace and married Isabella Brandt in 1609. Afterward he became perhaps the most energetic and fruitful career in the history of art that made him the most important artist in Northern Europe and the greatest Baroque painter of Northern Europe.
The most learned, inventive and productive artist in the history of the northern Baroque, Rubens’s talent was extraordinary. The range of his work was colossal, encompassing portraiture, allegory, religious painting, landscapes and designs for ornament, tapestry, books and prints. A diplomat and scholar, his intelligent use of iconography was never rivalled, perfectly matching allusions to a patron’s aspirations, while his emotive religious works were actively intended as part of the Catholic armoury against the onslaught of the Protestant Reformation
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This PowerPoint presentation was created to give European History/Western Civilization students an introduction to Renaissance art and its key characteristics - especially its projection of humanist and classical themes.
For more instructional materials, visit www.tomrichey.net!
This is non-linear learning resource designed for a year 8 visual art class. This learning resource is designed to be used independently by each student and allows for a range of abilities through the inclusion of extension tasks and activities. Different types of learners are also supported through the inclusion of visual, written and verbal information.
Art History in Renaissance time. feautring Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botiicelli
This is made for our class reporting,but my professor changed his mind, so maybe it would be of help to others if I share it.
Jacques Louis David (1749—1825) was a very important painter during the late 18C and the early 19C painting. He was the master of Neo-classicism and later Romanticism. At time he was some what artistic Czar of the time. Neoclassicism was a ‘modernising’ artistic movement of the time after the decline of the aristocratic art of Rococo. In 1782 he became an Academician and in 1784 he returned to Rome to paint the Oath of the Horatii (1785), an important painting in the history of painting. It was more like the underground art of its days. During the French Revolution, he became a Deputy and involved with the politics of the day. Many well-known painters of the early 19C were his pupils, including Gerard & Ingres. As a painter, his portraits were supreme. Due to the changing politics of France, he imposed self-exile and cut off from the main stream of Romanticism in France.
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680) was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th Century Rome.
Wikipedia-based presentation
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was from an Antwerp family. In 1591 he became a pupil Verhaecht, a landscape and decorative painter. In 1600 Rubens went to Italy and became a Court painter to Duke of Mantua. He travelled widely in Italy and visited many of the great cities. He spent time studied the works of Titan and Michelangelo. On return to Antwerp he was appointed as the Court Painter to the Spanish Governor of Netherlands, a post he held for the rest of his life. In Antwerp he built himself an Italianate palace and married Isabella Brandt in 1609. Afterward he became perhaps the most energetic and fruitful career in the history of art that made him the most important artist in Northern Europe and the greatest Baroque painter of Northern Europe.
The most learned, inventive and productive artist in the history of the northern Baroque, Rubens’s talent was extraordinary. The range of his work was colossal, encompassing portraiture, allegory, religious painting, landscapes and designs for ornament, tapestry, books and prints. A diplomat and scholar, his intelligent use of iconography was never rivalled, perfectly matching allusions to a patron’s aspirations, while his emotive religious works were actively intended as part of the Catholic armoury against the onslaught of the Protestant Reformation.
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One of the main reason why I was not keen on Rubens’ paintings is that he over dramatised, leading to theatrical and a sense of unreal, perhaps a bit too commercial. But of course technically he is very good and very successful, perhaps even better than Titan.
This is non-linear learning resource designed for a year 8 visual art class. This learning resource is designed to be used independently by each student and allows for a range of abilities through the inclusion of extension tasks and activities. Different types of learners are also supported through the inclusion of visual, written and verbal information.
Art History in Renaissance time. feautring Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botiicelli
This is made for our class reporting,but my professor changed his mind, so maybe it would be of help to others if I share it.
Jacques Louis David (1749—1825) was a very important painter during the late 18C and the early 19C painting. He was the master of Neo-classicism and later Romanticism. At time he was some what artistic Czar of the time. Neoclassicism was a ‘modernising’ artistic movement of the time after the decline of the aristocratic art of Rococo. In 1782 he became an Academician and in 1784 he returned to Rome to paint the Oath of the Horatii (1785), an important painting in the history of painting. It was more like the underground art of its days. During the French Revolution, he became a Deputy and involved with the politics of the day. Many well-known painters of the early 19C were his pupils, including Gerard & Ingres. As a painter, his portraits were supreme. Due to the changing politics of France, he imposed self-exile and cut off from the main stream of Romanticism in France.
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680) was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th Century Rome.
Wikipedia-based presentation
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was from an Antwerp family. In 1591 he became a pupil Verhaecht, a landscape and decorative painter. In 1600 Rubens went to Italy and became a Court painter to Duke of Mantua. He travelled widely in Italy and visited many of the great cities. He spent time studied the works of Titan and Michelangelo. On return to Antwerp he was appointed as the Court Painter to the Spanish Governor of Netherlands, a post he held for the rest of his life. In Antwerp he built himself an Italianate palace and married Isabella Brandt in 1609. Afterward he became perhaps the most energetic and fruitful career in the history of art that made him the most important artist in Northern Europe and the greatest Baroque painter of Northern Europe.
The most learned, inventive and productive artist in the history of the northern Baroque, Rubens’s talent was extraordinary. The range of his work was colossal, encompassing portraiture, allegory, religious painting, landscapes and designs for ornament, tapestry, books and prints. A diplomat and scholar, his intelligent use of iconography was never rivalled, perfectly matching allusions to a patron’s aspirations, while his emotive religious works were actively intended as part of the Catholic armoury against the onslaught of the Protestant Reformation.
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One of the main reason why I was not keen on Rubens’ paintings is that he over dramatised, leading to theatrical and a sense of unreal, perhaps a bit too commercial. But of course technically he is very good and very successful, perhaps even better than Titan.
Slideshow complements Gardner's Art Through the Ages (Global) textbooks. Prepared for ART 102 - Montgomery County Community College - Jean Thobaben - Adjunct Instructor.
Although the museum is one of the youngest in the United States, it is fairly large and comprehensive museum, a significant representation of European art, ranging from antiquity to the present day. The museum was inaugurated only in 1965. However, a large part of the collection came from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, which was established a century earlier. The museum is also known for its Modern art items as well.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburugh Jerry Daperro
The National Gallery Scotland is one of the finest in the world. It has a comprehensive collection including works by Italian, French, Flemish & Dutch masters. Its collections covered all the major developments in European paintings between the 15th and the 19h century. Also it includes a rich collection of Scottish paintings. It is a home of Scottish art and painting. The gallery is situated in the heart of Edinburgh. The gallery is also benefit from the exchange program of paintings with the National Gallery London. The gallery is well worth a visit.
Within its elegant neoclassical exterior designed by William Henry Playfair, are housed works by the greatest names in Western art including Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Veazquez, Rembrandt, Rubens, Watteau, Tiepolo, Canova and many of the Impressionists and Post impressionists. The Gallery also contains the most comprehensive collection of Scttish art from the 11C to the 19C.
The Courtauld Institute is offering a range of courses on the history of art and architecture, It is one of the academic establishments that make up the University of London. The Courtauld Gallery was established in 1932.as an integral part of the Courtauld Institute. Its collections now numbers some 520 paintings, 7000 drawings, 20000 prints and over 550 works of decorative art and sculptures, from the 1300 to 1970. On painting, it is particularly noticeable for its collection on the Impressionists.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMAJerry Daperro
Although the museum is one of the youngest in the United States, it is fairly large and comprehensive museum, a significant representation of European art, ranging from antiquity to the present day. The museum was inaugurated only in 1965. However, a large part of the collection came from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, which was established a century earlier. The museum is also known for its Modern art items as well.
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) was born in Leydon, Holland, the son of a miller. He spent a year at Leyden University. Later he set up shop in Leyton and became a follower of Caravaggio. His earlier known works known to us are dated in 1626. His paintings is well-known for the contrast between light and darkness, just as Caravaggio. After he became famous his works were sought after all over Europe. Rembrandt flourished and spent a fortune acquiring artistic curiosities.
Ever since Peter the Great, it was Russian policy to become a major European power. He lead a cultural revolution with an aim to transform the traditional and medieval social and political system into a modern society. In 1764, two years after Catherine the Great on the throne, She brought out Gotzkowski’s collection of 225 paintings, mainly Dutch and Flemish paintings. Politically, Empress Catherine’s patronage would enhance her image of an enlightened monarch. The Gotzkowski’s collection makes up the core of the paintings in Hermitage. In general the Hermitage collection is quite representative of the development of European arts since the 17C. After Catherine the Great, successive monarchs had added to the collection. It is really surprising to find large number of Impressionists paintings and modern paintings in the collection.
The Gallery was brought into existence, in 1651 by a Papal brief issued by Giambattiste Pamphilj, elected to the papal throne in 1644 as Innocent X. He placed the paintings and furnishings of Palazzo Pamphilj in Piazza Navona under the encumbrance of entail. The collection was enlarged later in 1647 by marriage to the Borghese. Today the gallery has a fairly large collection of around 400 paintings, including works by Rapheal, ?Tintoretto, Titian, Caravaggio, Bernini and some Flemish masters. It most famous painting is by Velazquez’s portrait of Pope innocent X.
The Pinacoteca de Brera is a major art gallery of the Northern Italy. It situated at the heart of the Milan. It has a very comprehensive collection of Italian paintings. It was opened to the public in 1809. It is part of the Palazzo di Brera.
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the leading member of the Impressionist group and the one who longest practised the principles of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation and painting directly from the object, in necessary out of door. Cezanne is said to have described him as ’only one eye, but my God what an eye!’. Monet is also the one who took impressionism into new contradictory way to become, in the 1940s, a major influence on Abstract Expressionism.
Galicia is a green rain-swept region remarkable for its coastal cliffs and bays (rias). Traditionally, it was seen as a poor agricultural region whose economy did not lend itself to modernization. It was never conquered by the Moors. Bordering Portugal to the south and enclosed by the waters of the Atlantic, Galicia could offer its inhabitants little on the way of new land for cultivation. Overpopulation and unemployment forced many to emigrate. Galicia has always maintained strong links with the sea, with A Coruna, a port for commerce and industry. However fishing is vital to the economy and Galician seafood is the best in Spain.
Clara Peeters (1594-c1659) was active between 1607 and 1621. Unlike many of the women painters of her time, she specialized on Still-life. She was a pioneer female painter. Early female painters were mostly portrait painters. There is not much known about her life as well. Her paintings of tables of food and other objects ware early manifestations of naturalism. As far as we know, her paintings of fish are the first that were dedicated to this subject.
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) lived in Bologna, Italy. She was a contemporary of Sofonisba Anguissola, who was internationally known. Her father was a distinguished printed of the School of Bologna. Her earliest work was printed in 1575, ‘The Child of the Monkey’, At 23. She specialised in painted portraits and mainly on women of nobleman and of high society. She was particularly skilled in painting dresses. Her relationships with female clients were often warm and some became godparents of her children.
Fontana married artist Gian Zappi in 1577. She gave birth to 11 children. After the marriage Fontana continued to paint to support her family. Zappi cared for the household and served as assistant agent in selling his wife’s painting. He also depicted small elements of her pictures such as draperies and another details.
Lavinia was elected an honorary member of the University of Bologna and was honoured as a doctorate in 1580.
In 1603, she and her family moved Rome on the invitation of Pope Clement VIII and appointed as a portraitist in the Vatican. Her career flourished in Rome. She was elected to the San Luca Academy in Rome. She died in 1614 and left behind over 100 of her work.
Anguissola was the first Western female painter that had gained an international fame. At an young age, she was introduced to Michelangelo, who immediately recognized her talent. In the late 1550s, she established herself, as a professional painter, in her native Italy. She was recruited to the Spanish court about 27 year ago. Her marriage was arranged by the Spanish King Philip II, to a Sicilian nobleman. Two years later her husband died and she remarried again to a sea captain Orazio Lomellino. In later year, she became quite famous and many young artists came to visit her and to discuss the arts with her. Amongst them was the young Anthony van Dyck, who painted one of Anguissola last portrait. More importantly she was a pioneer who had shown other women to pursue serious careers as professional painters.
The world’s oceans and seas cover 71% of the surface of the Earth. It makes the Earth unique within the Solar System. It is also where life first began. Today the ocean is regarded as the last major frontier on Earth for exploration and development of resources to sustain mankind in the future. The sea also has an irresistible attraction on us, drawing us nearer to the shores. The sound of the waves lashing on the sandy beaches, the gentle breeze of a hot summer evening, the shimmers of silver lights, the fisherman coming home with their catch, the long voyages of container carriers that link the world economy are all part of our acquaintance with the sea. In its fury, it can unleash power that can destroy cities, sending ships and army to the bottom of the sea. No wonder, apart from our scientists, the seas is often a favourite subject for artists, poets and musicians. The song La Mer was an example, composed and sang by Charles Trenet’s in 1946 offers us a romantics version of our encounter with the sea.
“Caravaggio (1571-1610) is one of the most revolutionary figures in art. His intense naturalism almost brutal realism and dramatic lighting had a wide impact on European artists, including Orazio Gentileschi, Valentin de Boulogne and Gerrit van Honthorst. Each absorbed something different from Caravaggio, propagating his style across Europe. But by the mid-17C, Caravaggism was at odds with a prevailing preference for classicism and the reputation of these artists waned, not be revived until the mid-20C.” Beyond Caravaggio Introduction.
The British Isles are situated at the edge of the European continent. Historically the Roman invaded Britain in 43 AD and ruled for 350 years. This was followed by successive settlements by northern European. The last successful invasion was by the Norman from France in 1066. Today Britain is administratively divided into four main regions – Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Culturally, British influence has been very important in the world. Many former colonies have inherited the political culture and the social practices from Britain, in particularly the English speaking countries of the world. Economically, Britain was the first country to begin the process of Industrial Revolution. Britain is rich in energy resource but poor in material resources. As an island country, maritime trading has been and important development in its economy. Geological its landscape is varied with many types of habitats.
In 1794. during the French Revolution, the commissioners appointed in our country seized art works of every kind from churches, monasteries, abbeys guildhalls and the houses of so-called emigres, i.e. the French bourgeois residing in Belgium. Whilst many of these conquetes artistiques were taken away to the Louvre in Paris and in Versailles, some 1500 items, mainly paintings, considered to be less valuable, were left in Brussel. Even if there were no masterpieces among them, they were to form the basis of what is now the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Van Dyck was among the greatest and the most successful portraitists who has ever lived. He dazzled 17C contemporaries not only in his native Netherlands but also in Italy and above all in England. His influence on subsequent portrait painting in Britain proved so great that it lasted to the beginning of 20C.
P Bruegel’s greatness is so widely acknowledged today that it is hard to imagine that in his life his supremacy was not recognised. He was immensely popular, but many contemporaries regarded his work as old-fasioned.
The greatest Flemish artist of 16th century. This realistic and landscape painter, gives us a gleam of life in the Low Country 400 years ago. His paintings are full of details & messages and so interesting to look at. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525/30-69), nicknamed ‘Peasant Bruegel’, was the most important satirist in the Netherlands after Bosch and one of the greatest landscape painters. After he became Master in the Antwerp Guild in 1551, he went to France and Italy, travelling as far south as Sicily. He was impressed by the landscape of Italy but not so on the Italian paintings. From his painting, he gave us insights to the peasant life and their relationship with nature of 16C in the Low Countries. He was an educated man, well able to associate with his distinguished clients and sophisticated enough disguised his political opinions as a biblical story.
The greatest Flemish artist of 16th century. This realistic and landscape painter, gives us a gleam of life in the Low Country 400 years ago. His paintings are full of details & messages and so interesting to look at. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525/30-69), nicknamed ‘Peasant Bruegel’, was the most important satirist in the Netherlands after Bosch and one of the greatest landscape painters. After he became Master in the Antwerp Guild in 1551, he went to France and Italy, travelling as far south as Sicily. He was impressed by the landscape of Italy but not so on the Italian paintings. From his painting, he gave us insights to the peasant life and their relationship with nature of 16C in the Low Countries. He was an educated man, well able to associate with his distinguished clients and sophisticated enough disguised his political opinions as a biblical story.
British Museum has a “permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. The British Museum was the first public national museum in the world.
The Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the Anglo-Irish physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. It first opened to the public in 1759, in Montagu House, on the site of the current building. The museum's expansion over the following 250 years was largely a result of British colonisation” Wikipedia.
London is one of the financial centre of the world. It is also an important centre for performance, arts, museums, theatres and fashion. What is particularly noticeable is that London is made up of two city centres. The City of London for finance, the West End for entertainment and the political entre of Westminster.
Yellowstone is US first National Park. It is also the world’s oldest. The park was created in 1872. Today National Parks are established for purpose of conservation. These are designated areas of natural beauty, an island in a developing world.
Today, Yellowstone National Park is probably the best known in the world and easily accessible. Wildlife abounds from the smallest to the largest mammals found in North America. The wolf, here, is a recovery story that is a major restoration of the balance of nature. There large herd of bison roaming in park, following their migration routes. Black and brown bears are frequently seen here. The park lies in the heart of the the Rocky Mountain Range. Here, powerful volcanic forces erupted 2 million, 1.3 million and as recently as 640,000 years ago, to create three of the world’s largest volcanic depressions, or calderas.
Native Americans have lived in the region for at least 11,000 years. Today with large number of visitors, the management and control of the park is vital to ensure its long term future.
The Rijksmuseum is a major European treasury of art. It houses the world’s greatest collection of Dutch paintings of 17C, the Golden Age. It is also a museum for Dutch history, art objects, drawings, sculptures and furniture. The building was opened in 1885. Its building was one of the first to be constructed specially as a museum. In 2004 the museum largely closed for 10 years to undertake a major renovation. The major features of the renovation were the of construction two large atriums covered by glass roofs to provide more amenity spaces for the visitors. The garden was also modified, statues were added, for the visitors to relax and enjoy the summer sun.
Human civilization has existed for a very short time on Earth. If we take the existence of Earth as equivalent to one year in time. Then human civilisation only appears on the last second of the last hour of the last day in the Earth’s year. Human has been fighting each other since the beginning of history. In the last century, we had two World Wars, when millions were killed. But I am the luck generation that miraculously never experienced wars, although the drums of wars are never too far away. We have arsenals of weapons that could destroy the world many times over. In my life time, I have also seen many of our children, marrying people of different races too. Our greatest enemy is ourselves. If we can survive this, there is the whole universe to explore. Finally, just remind ourselves that the longest Ice Age on Earth lasted for well over 1 billion years long and our civilisation is only 10,000 years old. 16 Jan 2022.
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For Sweden 13th December is an important day. It is the beginning of Christmas. It is the festival of Santa Lucia or the Festival of Light. On that day the eldest daughter of the family traditionally dresses in a white robe and wears a crown of candles, bringing lights to the dark winter. It is also a festive reason with specially dishes, foods and drinks for the occasion. Santa Lucia Festival is celebrated in Italy, Norway and Swedish Finland.
It is very scenic and the chosen location for The Roman Holiday, La Dolce Vita and There coins in the Fountain. It has many famous sites, rich in architecture and paintings – Pantheon, RoRome is known as the Eternal City because of its long history. man Forum, Colosseum, castel sant’ Angelo, Vatican, Basilica of St Peter, Trevi Fountain, If Gensu, the Spanish steps, Piazza Navona. Rome is shaped by two important artists Michelangelo and Bernini. This slideshow sketch the development of architecture from the Ancient, to the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque to the modern age.
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Rubens - Painter o exuberance
1. Rubens
The painter of exuberance
First created 16 Sep 2019 Version 1.0 - 18 Oct 2019. Daperro. London.
2. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
The portrait of Rubens at the
age of 51-53. Rubens is
considered as the most
influential Flemish Baroque
artist. He was master of the
Baroque style emphasizing
drama, action, colour and
sensuality.
4. The Early years were important to
understand Rubens as an artist. He
transform himself from a Northern
provincial artist to an international
known virtuoso. He was in Italy
between 1600 and 1608. He studied
Titian, Veronese, Caravaggio,
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
Sketch after Michelangelo's The Last
Judgement (Detail). C1600. Black and red
chalk on paper. 47x72 cm. The State
Hermitage Museum. St Petersburg.
Italy (1600-1608)
Michelangelo's
Version.
6. Cain Slaying Abel 1608-1609
Can Slaying Abel is a story in the Bible in
the Bible between two brothers. Many
of Rubens’ paintings depicted violence.
In this painting the violence is stressed
by Abel’s agonised expression.
8. Samson & Delilah 1610
On return to Antwerp in 1609, Rubens
was appointed by Spanish Governor of
Netherlands, (Archduke Albert) as a
Court painting, a post he held for the
rest of his life.
In the story of Samson and Delilah,
Delilah discovered the secret of
Samson’s strength was in his hair. The
painting shows the moment when
Samson’s hair was cut, which robbed
him of his magical strength.
In the painting the hair was cut by a
man with an old woman holding a
candle. Delilah was looking at Samson
with some sympathy.
9. Duke of Lerma c1603.
In 1598 Rubens became a master in
the Antwerp printer’s Guild.
Rubens was appointed as a court
painter of Duke of Mantua. In 1603
Rubens was entrusted by the Duke, to
undertook a diplomatic mission to the
court of Philip III of Spain.
This painting was painted when
Rubens was in Spain.
13. Massacre of the Innocents 1611
This painting contains many
elements of Rubens styles. It
contains tragedy, extreme violence,
lust and movements.
There is another versions of the
painting with the same title in the
Alte Pinakothek in Munich. The more
well-known one is now in Toronto
before moving from the National
Gallery. London.
The painting was painted soon after
Rubens returned to Antwerp from
Italy.
18. Old Woman and a Boy. c1616
Rubens painted in the style after
Caravaggio.
19. David Slaying Goliath. c1616
“Rubens chose to depict the
moment when David, having
felled the giant and taken
possession of his sword is about
to sever the head of his
adversary.” Norton Simon
Museum.
24. Tiger, Lion & Leopard Hunt c1617
Rubens was a dramatist.
Hunting just lion or tiger is
not enough. It has to be all
three big cats.
Tiger is a forest animal and
lion is a open plain animal.
You would not find tiger and
lion together in their natural
habitat.
The leopard in the painting is
not a leopard but a jaguar
from South America.
26. St Ambrose c1618
This is a preparatory study for the
head of St Ambrose in the large
altarpiece of St Ambrose Refusing
the Emperor Theodosius Admission
to Church of Milan.
Ambrose & Theodosius. Kunsthistoriches
version. 1615 by Rubens.
27. Union of Earth & Water c1618
“Cybele as the personification of
earth holding the horn of plenty
and Neptune as the
personification of water in the
centre. The pair is crowned by the
goddess Victoria and the union is
heralded through a conch by the
Triton below” Wikipedia.
28. Kaiser Maximillian c1618
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
(1459-1519) was proclaimed emperor
by the Pope at Trent, Italy. He
arranged a series of marriages. Thus
extended the Habsburg Empire from
central Europe, the Low Countries,
Southern Italy and Spain.
29. St Dominic & St Francis 1618-20
This is a huge painting. It was painted for the
St Paul in Antwerp. The two saints by virtue
of their vows of obedience, poverty and
chastity they are protecting the world from
the lightning bolts of Christ Mankind’s pride,
greed and lust.
31. Head of a Child c1618
She may have been Rubens’s
eldest daughter (Clara), who died
at the age of 12. Rubens’ father-
in-law may have been the owner
of the portrait.
She had a intimate face with a
glaze of adoration, with a
freshness of a child.
32. St Ignatius of Loyola c1620-22.
St Ignatius was the founder of the Jusuit
order. It was painted for the mother church
of Jesuit order. Il Gesu, Rome. Here Rubens
painted the saint with religious emotion
and Joyous sentiments.
33. Abbot of St Michaels’Abbey in
Antwerp, c1624.
A similar religious portrait
painted about the time of St
Ignatius, for comparison
34. Le Chapeau de Palle 1622-25
This is a portrait of Susanna Lunden,
Rubens’ sister. If this identification is
correct then the ring on her finger
suggested that it was painted on her
second marriage.
Chapeau de Palle in English means a
straw hat. This painting inspired Vigee
Le Brun to paint her own self-portrait.
Vigee LeBrun.
After 1782.
35. Louis XIII Comes of Age, 1622-25.
There is a huge room in the Louvre,
Paris called the Marie de’ Medici
Cycle, where 24 monumental
paintings by Rubens are on display.
They depicted episodes of Queen
Marie de Medici in the presence of
gods from ancient mythology. This
is one of the painting.
36. Meeting of Marie de Medici and Henri
IV. c1622-25.
Another of the monumental
paintings in the Marie de Medici
Cycle. She was the Queen of France,
who married Henry IV and mother of
Louis XIII.
37. Education of the Princess. c1622-25.
Another of the 24 paintings in the
Marie de Medici Cycle.
Marie de Medici Cycle at the Louvre.
38. The Death of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency c1622-25.
One of the paintings in the Marie de Medici Cycle. The painting is made up of
two scenes the elevation of Henry IV and the assumption of Maria to the crown.
40. Rubens was a eloquent diplomat. He painted this in Britain. He was sent by the
king of Spain to negotiate peace with Charles I of England. It has a simple
message, ‘peace will bring prosperity’. Rubens was knighted by Charles I of
England.
Minerva Protects Pax from Mars, 1629-30.
41. Minerva Protects Pax from Mars, 1629-30.
Rubens often painted exotic animals to give his painting drama and eye-catching quality.
42. The Three Graces, 1630-35.
Rubens painted violence,
eroticism, drama and opulence.
Rubens’ erotic nudes of quasi
pornographic, with fleshy
women. The Three Graces and
the Judgement of Paris are
examples of this.
“… His nudes emphasize the
concepts of fertility, desire,
physical beauty, temptation and
virtue ….” Wikipedia.
45. Judgement of Paris, 1632-35.
My problem with these nudity paintings is that these beautiful women were painted more
like objects than a real person.
46. On the other hand, Rubens painted his wife with feelings.
Helena Fourment was Rubens’ second wife. Rubens
married his first wife at the age of 32 and his second wife
at 53.
Helena Fourment in a Fur Robe, 1636-38.
1st wife Isabella Brant. 2ndt wife Helena Fourment
48. Ceiling of the Banqueting House, 1635.
Nine Rubens paintings made up the ceiling of the Banqueting House in Whitehall, London. It
was commissioned King Charles I of England in 1629 and finished in 1635. Charles I was
very impressed by the painting that he gave Rubens a gold chain and knighted Rubens.
49. Het Steen in the Early Morning, c1636.
Rubens was one of the most successful painter in history. He bought this villa in the country to study
landscape and paint in peace. He also built himself a palatial home, the Rubenshuis in Antwerp.
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Music – J S Bach, Wachet Auf from Cantata 140
He built this Italian mansion,Rubenshuis as his house in the middle of Antwerp.
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was from an Antwerp family. In 1591 he became a pupil Verhaecht, a landscape and decorative painter. In 1600 Rubens went to Italy and became a Court painter to Duke of Mantua. He travelled widely in Italy and visited many of the great cities. He spent time studied the works of Titan and Michelangelo. On return to Antwerp he was appointed as the Court Painter to the Spanish Governor of Netherlands, a post he held for the rest of his life. In Antwerp he built himself an Italianate palace and married Isabella Brandt in 1609. Afterward he became perhaps the most energetic and fruitful career in the history of art that made him the most important artist in Northern Europe and the greatest Baroque painter of Northern Europe.
The most learned, inventive and productive artist in the history of the northern Baroque, Rubens’s talent was extraordinary. The range of his work was colossal, encompassing portraiture, allegory, religious painting, landscapes and designs for ornament, tapestry, books and prints. A diplomat and scholar, his intelligent use of iconography was never rivalled, perfectly matching allusions to a patron’s aspirations, while his emotive religious works were actively intended as part of the Catholic armoury against the onslaught of the Protestant Reformation.
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One of the main reason why I was not keen on Rubens’ paintings is that he over dramatised, leading to theatrical and a sense of unreal, perhaps a bit too commercial. But of course technically he is very good and very successful, perhaps even better than Titan.
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