RubensThis biography of Peter Paul Rubens, written by German art historian Hermann Knackfuss, is considered to be the most authoritative text on the artist since its publication. |
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... an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial effect.
... an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial effect.
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objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial effect : and a strong task for soft and shining flesh - tints , the shadows in which graduate almost to the red of the blood . Another early work is the Annunciation with figures ...
objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial effect : and a strong task for soft and shining flesh - tints , the shadows in which graduate almost to the red of the blood . Another early work is the Annunciation with figures ...
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... to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual possessed on this side of the Alps . “ But ” , he continued , “ for people in my position who are always on the move , objects of so ...
... to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual possessed on this side of the Alps . “ But ” , he continued , “ for people in my position who are always on the move , objects of so ...
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... he began to paint pictures 5171724 A some where the landscape was the chief object and the. 7 * 99.
... he began to paint pictures 5171724 A some where the landscape was the chief object and the. 7 * 99.
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some where the landscape was the chief object and the figures only accessories . We find such works mentioned for the first time in a list dated 1625 , two of which are now in the Royal Galleries at Windsor . One of these represents a ...
some where the landscape was the chief object and the figures only accessories . We find such works mentioned for the first time in a list dated 1625 , two of which are now in the Royal Galleries at Windsor . One of these represents a ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwaab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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