Essays Tagged: "Peter Paul Rubens"

Depictions of death: Beautiful and Heroic. "Laocoon and His Two Sons" by Hagesandros vs. "Fall of the Damned" by Peter Paul Rubens

s an oil painting on wood panel made during the Baroque time era (1590-1750 CE.). It was painted by Peter Paul Rubens and is titled "Fall of the Damned."The sculpture of Laocoon is from the tales of H ...

(4 pages) 100 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays

Usage of the terms 'image', 'art' and 'artists' and the Medieval and Early Modern periods.

rnest. The Story of Art. Phardon 1950, 2001.*Magurn, Ruth, translated and edited by. The letters of Peter Paul Rubens. Harvard UP 1955.*Schapiro, Meyer, On the Aesthetic Attitude in Romanesque Art 194 ...

(5 pages) 94 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Rembrandt van Rign.

f St. Matthew, which uses the method of making biblical scenes worldly and common. The influence of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) can be seen in Supper at Emmaus (1629). The use of light to create dep ... s compared to the same four to five repeated by artists such as Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) and Peter Paul Rubens. Unfortunately, Rembrandt's prestige continued to decline despite his spiritual en ...

(7 pages) 102 0 3.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Sight by Jan Brueghel and Peter Paul Rubens

y, I will explore the famous work, Sight, an extraordinary oil painting created by Jan Brueghel and Peter Paul Rubens in 1618. Considered among the mostcomplex, compromising allegorical pieces, Sight ... ully famed for their classically Flemish Baroque styles. JanBrueghel, the father of his accomplice, Peter Paul Rubens, was curiously aroused by a variety of natural objects including flowers, fruits, ...

(3 pages) 51 1 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Academic Art -- The Renaissance Academy and French Royal Academy

the century. This was what has been described as the 'battle of styles', the conflict over whether Peter Paul Rubens or Nicolas Poussin was a suitable model to follow. Followers of Poussin, called po ...

(3 pages) 49 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Biography of Fernando Botero

aul Gauguin and of Spain's Pablo Picasso.But, his work and "persona" is said to best be compared to Peter Paul Rubens, a 17th century artist whom he greatly admires. Rubens' work was the epitome of "B ...

(3 pages) 43 0 4.6 May/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens1577-1640Peter Paul Rubens was a man of enlightenment. He was the most sought-after ... th its rich texture, vivid color, and lively movement has influenced Western art to the present day.Peter Paul Rubens was born in fact from parents in exile, forced by their faith to abandon Antwerp i ... vid clashes of light and shadow. Baroque art often appeals directly to the emotions, exemplified by Peter Paul Rubens masterful painting The Rising of the Cross. In this painting Rubens merges the dra ...

(5 pages) 55 0 3.5 Jun/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

A Battle of Mythical Proportion Paiting: The Horrors of War By: Peter Paul Ruben

love or hate, good verses evil are all analogies that epitomize the father of all conflict. Peter Paul Rubens' oil on canvas piece "The Horrors of War" was completed in 1638 in Florence, Italy ...

(3 pages) 33 0 4.2 Jun/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Nudes in Art.

of art with the similar theme of nudes. The works I have chosen are "Drunk Silenus" from the artist Peter Paul Rubens, "Jupiter in the Guise of Diana Seducing the Nymph Calisto" from the artist Franco ... r, and , "The Death of Sardanapalus" from the artist Eugene Delacroix.The first work of art is from Peter Paul Rubens, and is titled "Drunk Silenus". This painting was done in the style of Baroque, an ...

(4 pages) 64 0 3.5 Oct/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Does Watteau's first version of the 'Pilgrimage to Cythera' fulfill any of the criteria outlined in the text by Feblibien?

who designed and executed scenery for the stage. Watteau was also heavily influenced by the work of Peter-Paul Rubens who he often 'borrowed' from in many of his works. In the years 1710-12 Watteau pa ...

(10 pages) 30 0 4.7 May/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Anthony van Dyck: Mother of Sorrows

p guild of painters. He spent the next two years as a member of the workshop of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (Lawson).From 1620 to 1625, van Dyck traveled in Italy where he was in great deman ...

(4 pages) 17 0 3.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Peter Paul Rubens: Analysis of Venus & Adonis

s only marked down for using internet sources because the instructor preferred text.Flemish artist, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was the most prolific painter of the seventeenth century. Working in t ... . This strong contrast between light and dark values is also a distinguishable trait of Baroque art.Peter Paul Rubens was one of leading artists in establishing the Baroque style. It is safe to say th ...

(5 pages) 63 0 3.5 Oct/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists