Rubens by Paul Oppenheimer
The most popular painter of his day, yet an artist whose reputation has fluctuated among art scholars and critics of the succeeding centuries, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is chiefly remembered today for his large canvases of sensual gardens, religious scenes, and voluptuous Rubenesque women. In Oppenheimer's account of his life, Rubens emerges not only as a talented painter but also as an intellectual with a unique conception of beauty that proved very influential and ahead of his time. Oppenheimer explores Rubens' ideas as he tells the story of his life, which included years as a diplomat, and illuminates his response to the humanism of the Renaissance in which he lived.
Oppenheimer has written a marvellous [sic] study on Rubens which pulls together a huge canvas setting the artist within his time, and it is like nothing I have read before* Birmingham Post, (U. K.) *
The author's analyses of Ruben's paintings are fresh and passionate, sometimes quirky. -- Mary Bringle * American Book Review *
The author's analyses of Ruben's paintings are fresh and passionate, sometimes quirky. -- Mary Bringle * American Book Review *
Paul Oppenheimer , professor of Comparative Medieval Literature and English at the City College of the City University of New York and author of Infinite Desire: A Guide to Modern Guilt, lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780815412090 |
| ISBN 10 | 0815412096 |
| Title | Rubens |
| Author | Paul Oppenheimer |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. |
| Year published | 2002-07-21 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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