CAS AH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Peter Paul Rubens, Triptych, Clara Peeters

• School: Boston University
• Department: History of Art & Architecture
• Course: CAS AH 112
• Professor: Fred Kleiner

Document Summary

Art and artifice in seventeenth-century art in flanders and spain. Jos de ribera, martyrdom of st. bartholomew, ca. 1639. Scorning idealization of any kind, ribera represented philip"s executioners hoisting him into position to die on a cross. heaviness. The light shining on serapion calls attention to his tragic death and increases the painting"s dramatic impact. The monk"s coarse features label him as common, evoking empathy from a wide audience. Vel zquez intended this huge and complex work, with its cunning contrasts of real, mirrored, and picture spaces, to elevate both himself and the profession of painting in the eyes of philip iv. In this triptych, rubens explored foreshortened anatomy and violent action. The whole composition seethes with a power that comes from heroic exertion. The tension is emotional as well as physical. Peter paul rubens, arrival of marie de"medici at marseilles, 1622-5. Rubens painted 24 large canvases glorifying marie de" medici"s career.