Rubens by Richard Jay Richard Jay

Harvey Miller, 2000. 1st. hardcover. New. 116x23x169.

Harvey Miller Pub, 2000. Hardcover. New. 350 pages. 10.25x7.00x1.25 inches.

Turnhout, Belgium: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2000. Hardbound. VG (Page edge are beginning to tan lightly; otherwise clean and sharp.). Black cloth, red title block with gilt letters, red and white dust jacket. 472 pp., with 224 glossy bw plates. Part of the large series "Corpus Rubenianum", Part VI: Focuses on Peter Paul Rubens' paintings depicting scenes of Christ's Passion. He "was well placed to take advantage of the increasing demand for scenes of Christ's Passion in the Southern Netherlans at the beginning of the 17th century. He had developed a reputation for his religious paintings in Italy, and his return to Antwerp coincided with the efforts of the Catholic Church to restore and replace altarpieces damaged by the Calvinists." (dj).

Turnhout Brepols 2000. Hardback, 472 p., incl. 224 ills., 180 x 265 mm. ISBN 9780905203614. This publication examines Ruben?s Passion of Christ as a transformation of diverse influences, and as a tribute to his deeply held religious beliefs and his determination to give his viewers the sense of witnessing a moment in history. Rubens was well placed to take advantage of the increasing demand for scenes of Christ's Passion in the Southern Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th Century. He had developed a reputation for his religious paintings in Italy, and his return to Antwerp coincided with the efforts of the Catholic Church to restore and replace altarpieces damaged by the Calvinists. The experience of Italy fostered Ruben?s interest in both the historical and the human aspects of Christ?s Passion. The influence of classical sculpture and of Titian, Michelangelo and Caravaggio is evident in the monumental quality of his compositions, but he also valued the emotional intensity of Northern… Read More