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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How could I ever be so cruel as to add to your great distress and tribulation . On
the contrary I feel as if I could even give my own hearts - blood to help you .
Should I be like that most wicked servant in the Gospels , who , though all his
own debt ...
How could I ever be so cruel as to add to your great distress and tribulation . On
the contrary I feel as if I could even give my own hearts - blood to help you .
Should I be like that most wicked servant in the Gospels , who , though all his
own debt ...
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of death and dreading death is worse than death itself . Therefore banish these
thoughts from your heart . I hope and trust in God , that he may punish us more
leniently , and that he may still give us both joy after all this grief . For this I
beseech ...
of death and dreading death is worse than death itself . Therefore banish these
thoughts from your heart . I hope and trust in God , that he may punish us more
leniently , and that he may still give us both joy after all this grief . For this I
beseech ...
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Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing
wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now
in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor
...
Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing
wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now
in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor
...
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... the most fascinating and executed with the most loving care . We are told that
Rubens himself always spoke of this work with great satisfaction . The picture
gives us an impression of joy and festivity due to the beautiful harmony of its
colour .
... the most fascinating and executed with the most loving care . We are told that
Rubens himself always spoke of this work with great satisfaction . The picture
gives us an impression of joy and festivity due to the beautiful harmony of its
colour .
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... for he thoroughly understood how to represent splendour and magnificence ,
though at the same time his genius never allowed itself to be lost in confused
exaggeration . Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig .
62 .
... for he thoroughly understood how to represent splendour and magnificence ,
though at the same time his genius never allowed itself to be lost in confused
exaggeration . Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig .
62 .
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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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