Peter
Paul Rubens is known
as the greatest Northern European Artist of the Baroque period, which followed
the Italian Renaissance. During the Baroque period (about 1600-1750), the arts
took on a greater liveliness, especially in religious life. Stimulation of the
senses and elaborate decoration become the rule. All aspects of life were
touched in some way by the arts.
Ruben was
raised in Antwerp, Flanders (now
Belgium), the part of the Netherlands under Spanish rule. He had an
aristocratic education, serving as a page in the court of the local countess
and studying art under local master painters. At twenty-one he became a master
of the local artists' guild.
His true artistic development began during an eight year stay in Italy, where he studied the controlled, harmonious forms of classical Roman sculpture and the great art of the Renaissance. He was greatly influenced by the expressiveness of Michelangelo and Raphael and the bold, brilliant colorings of the Titian. Rubens established a new style of large, colorful paintings. He brought together Renaissance and Baroque ideas to form artwork that display energy, emotion and movement.
After Rubens returned to Flanders in 1608, he was appointed court painter to the Spanish governors of the Netherlands. He also advised kings and princes of Europe on art collecting and served as a diplomat for the court. Ruben's large-scale, vivid, energetic style of painting influenced many generations of great artist.Flanders (now Belgium), the part of the Netherlands under Spanish rule. He had an aristocratic education, serving as a page in the court of the local countess and studying art under local master painters. At twenty-one he became a master of the local artists' guild.
His true artistic development began during an eight year stay in Italy, where he studied the controlled, harmonious forms of classical Roman sculpture and the great art of the Renaissance. He was greatly influenced by the expressiveness of Michelangelo and Raphael and the bold, brilliant colorings of the Titian. Rubens established a new style of large, colorful paintings. He brought together Renaissance and Baroque ideas to form artwork that display energy, emotion and movement.
After Rubens returned to Flanders in 1608, he was appointed court painter to the Spanish governors of the Netherlands. He also advised kings and princes of Europe on art collecting and served as a diplomat for the court. Ruben's large-scale, vivid, energetic style of painting influenced many generations of great artist.
His true artistic development began during an eight year stay in Italy, where he studied the controlled, harmonious forms of classical Roman sculpture and the great art of the Renaissance. He was greatly influenced by the expressiveness of Michelangelo and Raphael and the bold, brilliant colorings of the Titian. Rubens established a new style of large, colorful paintings. He brought together Renaissance and Baroque ideas to form artwork that display energy, emotion and movement.
After Rubens returned to Flanders in 1608, he was appointed court painter to the Spanish governors of the Netherlands. He also advised kings and princes of Europe on art collecting and served as a diplomat for the court. Ruben's large-scale, vivid, energetic style of painting influenced many generations of great artist.Flanders (now Belgium), the part of the Netherlands under Spanish rule. He had an aristocratic education, serving as a page in the court of the local countess and studying art under local master painters. At twenty-one he became a master of the local artists' guild.
His true artistic development began during an eight year stay in Italy, where he studied the controlled, harmonious forms of classical Roman sculpture and the great art of the Renaissance. He was greatly influenced by the expressiveness of Michelangelo and Raphael and the bold, brilliant colorings of the Titian. Rubens established a new style of large, colorful paintings. He brought together Renaissance and Baroque ideas to form artwork that display energy, emotion and movement.
After Rubens returned to Flanders in 1608, he was appointed court painter to the Spanish governors of the Netherlands. He also advised kings and princes of Europe on art collecting and served as a diplomat for the court. Ruben's large-scale, vivid, energetic style of painting influenced many generations of great artist.
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