FAH279H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Peter Paul Rubens, Hyperinteger
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Pentimento/i = traces of earlier work evident under the top layer (ex. Many copies were made because, especially with royalty, people were expected to have a portrait of them in their homes. Flanders (southern netherlands: peter paul rubens, incredibly productive. Involved in many different type of art production: learned in antiquity literature and art, prolific, talented, from antwerp city, workshop here allowed him to fulfill several commissions from all over. Rubens and isabella brant under a honeysuckle bower 1610: produced a number of self portraits, successful gentleman, high bourgeoisie/middle class, ex. Justus lipsius and his pupils 1612: depicted as a learned man, lipsius is philosopher, bust of socrates is on table, ex. Self-portrait 1639: knighted by two different kings, sword and one glove symbolize noble status, all kinds of subject matter, religious, mythological, landscape, portraits, political, early portraits, ex. Isabela clara eugenia of austria before 1605, frans.
