Peter Paul Rubens

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Peter Paul Rubens: The Life Of Achilles Edited by Friso Lammertse and Alejandro Vergara. Essays by, Annetje Boersma, Guy Delmarcel, Fiona Healy. With his many facets, his virtuosity and his prodigious output, Peter Paul Rubens is one of the giants in the history of art. Peter Paul Rubens: The Life of Achilles sheds
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NAI010 PUBLISHERS/MUSEUM BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN/MUSEO NACIONAL DEL PRADO
ISBN: 9789056623272
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Rubens Essays by Arnauld Brejon De Lavergnée, Barbara Brejon De Lavergnée, Hans Vlieghe, Hans Devisscher, Alexis Donetzkoff, Jacques Foucart, Barbara Gaehtgens, Natalia Gritsao, Alexis Merle du Bourg and Jean Vittet.
SNOECK PUBLISHERS, GHENT/R»UNION DES MUS»ES NATIONAUX, PARIS
ISBN: 9789053495001
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Peter Paul Rubens

Rubens

Essays by Arnauld Brejon De Lavergnée, Barbara Brejon De Lavergnée, Hans Vlieghe, Hans Devisscher, Alexis Donetzkoff, Jacques Foucart, Barbara Gaehtgens, Natalia Gritsao, Alexis Merle du Bourg and Jean Vittet.
Published by Snoeck Publishers, Ghent/R»union des Mus»es Nationaux, Paris

A simple mission lies at the heart of Rubens: to give the most complete picture of the great Flemish master as possible. No fewer than 163 paintings, sketches, and drawings by the artist, plus nine tapestries, are put to this worthy task. A faithful, objective understanding of Rubens arises, from his beginnings under the influence of his master Otto Venius and Italian art, right through to the end of his career, when he basked in a major Spanish commission. Rubens is at home in all genres, and all are represented here: from landscapes to portraits, from altarpieces to genre scenes, and historical paintings too, of course. Even the talents of the decorator are revealed in his painted sketches, drawings, and tapestries. For this publication, the master's oeuvre is divided into five groupings: Rubens' Beginnings, Rubens and Italy, The Middle-Class Patron, Official Commissions, and Secular Subject Matter. Through the inclusion of tapestries, particular attention is paid to the genesis of his art. Works such as Descent from the Cross, Laying in the Sepulchre, The Stoning of Saint Stephen, and three altarpieces created for the city of Lille's churches and convents are included. From this impressive homage to Rubens, the general reader, connoisseur, and historian will all hopefully come to know Rubens better, and also be stimulated by the juxtaposition of works never presented in this way before.

Published on the occasion of Rubens, an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Lille, France.

Peter Paul Rubens: The Life Of Achilles

Edited by Friso Lammertse and Alejandro Vergara. Essays by, Annetje Boersma, Guy Delmarcel, Fiona Healy.
Published by nai010 publishers/Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen/Museo Nacional del Prado

With his many facets, his virtuosity and his prodigious output, Peter Paul Rubens is one of the giants in the history of art. Peter Paul Rubens: The Life of Achilles sheds light on a relatively unfamiliar aspect of Rubens' enormous body of work, a series of tapestries featuring the Greek hero Achilles. Circa 1630-1635, Rubens painted the designs for these remarkable tapestries, depicting eight decisive moments in the life of Achilles. First, he made eight small sketches in oil, some of the finest of his oeuvre. Then the artist and his studio produced large modelli, painted in oil on panels, that further refined his sketches. The exquisite sketches and modelli led finally to magnifications in full-scale cartoons, which were placed under the loom for the tapestry weavers to work from. For the first time, this volume brings together the multiple works that make up the Achilles series, scattered as they are among various public and private collections throughout the world. Here the process from sketch to tapestry is followed in magnificent color illustrations. Accompanying texts consider the genesis, history and iconography of the series.