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 original masterhand , an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to
create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty
space with sumptuos ; objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial
effect.
... an original masterhand , an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to
create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty
space with sumptuos ; 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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... objects of so much weight are not convenient , and moreover — to be frank —
we all have human weaknesses — we sometimes change our tastes — , and so
my fancy has suddenly taken another turn and has gone over from the sculptors ...
... objects of so much weight are not convenient , and moreover — to be frank —
we all have human weaknesses — we sometimes change our tastes — , and so
my fancy has suddenly taken another turn and has gone over from the sculptors ...
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... years that he began to paint pictures where the landscape was the chief object
and the figures. 99.
... years that he began to paint pictures where the landscape was the chief object
and the figures. 99.
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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 Winter scene .
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 Winter scene .
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