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THE DODGY MASTER: PSST… ITS EROTIC ABSOLUTISM
“Besides foreshadowing Warhol, Rubens amounted to the Walt Disney of his day—a hardworking industrialist of standardized pleasures. He not only ran his studio as a virtual assembly line; he oversaw the mass production of prints, based on his paintings, and … Continue reading
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KEEPING THE DRAMA UNDER CONTROL
His father’s life had been filled with scandal and he spent time in prison. In contrast, Rubens was a devoted family man and led a peaceful life. Sir Dudley Carlton, one of his admirers, described Rubens as “prince of painters and … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Mantegna, Annibile Carraci, Caravaggio, Correggio, Counter Reformation, Giulio Romano, Guido Reni, Homer, Italian Renaissance, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Justus Lipsius, Mannerist Art, Mannerist painting, Paolo Veronese, Peter Paul Rubens, Raphael, Rembrandt, Renaissance Art, Seneca, Sir Dudley Carlton, Stoicism, Tintoretto, Titian
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