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Rubens & Women
Ben Beneden, Amy Orrock
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R677
Discovery Miles 6 770
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The art of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is synonymous with the
female nude, with the term ‘Rubenesque’ first coined in the
19th century to describe a voluptuous female body. Yet remarkably,
there has never been a focused study of Rubens’ depictions of
women, making this book, and the exhibition that it will accompany,
a first. Bringing together a diverse range of paintings and
drawings from throughout the artist’s career and from a range of
international lenders, the exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery
(October 2023 – January 2024) will challenge the popular
assumption that Rubens only painted one type of woman. Instead, it
will present a more nuanced view of the varied and essential role
that women played in the artist’s life and work, uniting and
contributing to recent scholarly developments in subjects such as
the identities of Rubens’ sitters, 17th century artistic theory
and practice, and Rubens’ treatment of the human body.Â
Rubens evidently enjoyed painting the female figure, especially in
its sensual and unclothed form. But his women are never mere bodies
trapped by the male gaze, on the contrary; they are proud and
complex heroines, full of character and gravitas. No other male
artist has created such potent images of female power, assurance,
determination, commitment, and beauty. Providing a catalogue for
the works in the exhibition and featuring three introductory essays
that contextualise Rubens’ work, this publication will both
contribute to the existing corpus of scholarly literature on Rubens
and introduce his masterpieces to new audiences, discussing them in
the context of current debates around sexuality, power and
feminism.Â
This beautifully illustrated book, with numerous essays by an
international roster of leading art historians, examines Jacopo
Tintoretto's masterpiece Angel Foretelling the Martyrdom of Saint
Catherine of Alexandria, painted between 1560 and 1570 for the
Church of San Geminiano in Venice. It was displayed in this
location for some 250 years until the church was demolished in
1807, and in 1818 the painting was sold into private hands. It was,
famously, the centrepiece of the late rock star David Bowie's
collection, being one of the first artworks he acquired. He had it
for nearly 30 years, and named his record label after the artist
(the Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC). In 2016 it was
purchased at auction by a private collector and donated to the
Rubens House in Antwerp, where it is on long-term loan. This book
accompanies the display of the painting, back in Venice for the
first time in 200 years as part of an exhibition at Palazzo Ducale.
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