Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN num: 9783791330266
ISBN number: 3791330268
Label: Prestel Publishing
Manufacturer: Prestel Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: 2004-01
Publishing house: Prestel Publishing
Sale Popularity Level: 1198922
Studio: Prestel Publishing
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Two important collections of Rubens’ oil sketches and drawings are brought together in this revealing look at the artist’s inspiration, technique, and place in history.
The Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens created a breathtaking body of work, which included many altarpieces, murals, and triptychs commissioned by wealthy patrons. The sketches and paintings Rubens created as foundations for these works reveal much about the artist’s working practices. This volume reproduces more than seventy works from the celebrated collections at The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and London’s Courtauld Institute Gallery. It allows readers to follow the development of such masterpieces as The Descent from the Cross, The Medici Cycle, and the Ceiling of the Banqueting House in Whitehall.
Four major essays and several accompanying texts written by experts in Flemish painting discuss the significance of preparatory studies against the backdrop of Early Modern Europe, trace the fascinating history of one such collection, capture the artist at a particularly fertile period of his career, and focus on the ceiling of The Banqueting House. A treat for Rubens scholars and fans of Baroque art, this book is an important contribution to the study of the man often referred to as 'the God of painters.'
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This book is 137 pages and over $35 dollars...with no indication of how many colored images there are, how big the pictures are, etc.'
It is packed with lectures so buyer beware since there is so little information all you might get is a bunch of talking heads for a skimpy 137 page $35 dollar book...so a caution...I did not buy until more details are provided.
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