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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... than in the general 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 Fig .
... than in the general 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 Fig .
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In the execution of this subject he succeeded in producing a great variety of new
and powerful effects . Of all the compositions however dealing with this same
subject , the one at Malines is perhaps the most fascinating and executed with
the ...
In the execution of this subject he succeeded in producing a great variety of new
and powerful effects . Of all the compositions however dealing with this same
subject , the one at Malines is perhaps the most fascinating and executed with
the ...
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that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus , the head of the Jesuit
College at Antwerp , to the effect that he would undertake the entire pictorial
decoration of the church . He had already been entrusted with altar - pieces for it
...
that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus , the head of the Jesuit
College at Antwerp , to the effect that he would undertake the entire pictorial
decoration of the church . He had already been entrusted with altar - pieces for it
...
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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 University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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