RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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Page 12
... create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial effect. ( To page 18. ) HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . 12.
... create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial effect. ( To page 18. ) HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . 12.
Page 13
Hermann Knackfuss. 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 ...
Hermann Knackfuss. 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 ...
Page 54
... effect of the whole , which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed together : and in both pictures the impression is conveyed DEATH OF THE CONSUL P ...
... effect of the whole , which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed together : and in both pictures the impression is conveyed DEATH OF THE CONSUL P ...
Page 64
... effects . Of all the compositions however dealing with this same subject , the one at Malines is perhaps the most fascinating and executed with the most loving care . We are told that Rubens himself always spoke of this work with great ...
... effects . Of all the compositions however dealing with this same subject , the one at Malines is perhaps the most fascinating and executed with the most loving care . We are told that Rubens himself always spoke of this work with great ...
Page 76
... effect that he would undertake the entire pictorial decoration of the church . He had already been entrusted with altar - pieces for it : but it was now chiefly the painting of the ceiling , which had to be considered . For this purpose ...
... effect that he would undertake the entire pictorial decoration of the church . He had already been entrusted with altar - pieces for it : but it was now chiefly the painting of the ceiling , which had to be considered . For this purpose ...
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