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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... original masterhand ; 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.
... original masterhand ; 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 over life - size ...
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 over life - size ...
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Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands ,
Rubens executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height
of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in ...
Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands ,
Rubens executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height
of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in ...
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He found therein an opportunity for rich display and picturesque profusion :
representing the Oriental Kings with great splendour , attended by a most brilliant
suite . In the execution of this subject he succeeded in producing a great variety
of ...
He found therein an opportunity for rich display and picturesque profusion :
representing the Oriental Kings with great splendour , attended by a most brilliant
suite . In the execution of this subject he succeeded in producing a great variety
of ...
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The sixth and final tableau of the series is merely a brilliant display of trophies ,
prisoners and heaps of spoil & c . : whilst extended in the foreground , on a bier
bedecked with purple and wreaths of bag , lies the dead leader . In spite of his ...
The sixth and final tableau of the series is merely a brilliant display of trophies ,
prisoners and heaps of spoil & c . : whilst extended in the foreground , on a bier
bedecked with purple and wreaths of bag , lies the dead leader . In spite of his ...
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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 | H. Grevel & Company, 1904 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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