Rubens

Lannoo

2007

303 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-301)

9789020972436

Preface / Michel Draguet -- Introduction. Rubens: an Intimate Look at a Genius at Work, with Surprising Results / Joostvander Auwera and Sabine Van Sprang -- Essays -- Rubens and Brussels, More Than Just Courtly Relations / Sabine Van Sprang -- Rubens and the Brussels Museum Before 1880: A Question of Equilibrium Between National Sentiment and 'Well-Meaning' Centralization / Michele Van Kalck -- Rubens and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium after 1880: Between Manage de Raison and Raison d'Etat / Joost Vander Auwera -- Rubens and His Studio: Defining the Problem / Arnout Balis -- Rubens on the Human Figure: Theory, Practice and Metaphysics / Tine Meganck -- Catalogue -- Rubens and His Visual Sources: 'Just as the bee imbibes from several of the most beautiful flowers in order to incorporate their nectar into its own honey' / Joost Vander Auwera -- Cats 1-23 -- The Collaboration Between Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder / Christine Van Mulders -- Cats 24-29 -- Anonymous and not so Anonymous Hands in Rubens' Studio. A Footnote on the Boundaries of Connoisseurship / Joost Vander Auwera -- Cats 30-44 -- Rubens' Altarpieces in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium / Natasja Teeters -- 'Come s'usa di fare non volendo ingannarsi': the Execution of Large Altarpieces on Canvas in Rubens' Studio / Helene Dubois -- Cats 45-74 -- Rubens as Entrepreneur: Better Suited to Very Large Works than Small Curiosities / Joost Vander Auwera and Bert Schepers -- Peter Paul Rubens and the Antwerp Jesuit Church (now the Church of St. Charles Borromeus) / Tine Meganck -- Cats 75-81 -- The Series of Tapestries Entitled The Triumph of the Eucharist / Veronique Bucken -- Cats 82-84 -- The Ceiling Paintings for Banqueting Hall / Bert Schepers -- Cats 85-88 -- The Decorations for the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi in Antwerp (1635) / Sabine Van Sprang -- Cats 89-96 -- The Mythological Decor of the Torre de la Parada / Helene Dubois and Natasja Teeters -- Cats 97-110 -- Rubens Copied and Recycled. A Genius Multiplied / Joost Vander Auwera -- Cats 111-119 -- Biography -- The Life of Peter Paul Rubens: Highlights -- Bibliography / Nathalie Verbruggen.

Examines Rubens' oeuvre - from both an historical and a material angle - with the help of modern technologies. This title features signed pieces and pieces produced in Rubens' atelier as well as a series of paintings that the Antwerp master executed in collaboration with famous fellow painters such as Jan Brueghel the Elder and Anthony van Dyck

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