Author: C. V. WedgwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The World of Rubens
Author: C. V. WedgwoodThe World of Rubens, 1577-1640
Author: Cicely Veronica WedgwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The World of Rubens
Author: Cicely V. WedgwoodMaster of Shadows
Author: Mark LamsterPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307387356
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Although his popularity is eclipsed by Rembrandt today, Peter Paul Rubens was revered by his contemporaries as the greatest painter of his era, if not of all history. His undeniable artistic genius, bolstered by a modest disposition and a reputation as a man of tact and discretion, made him a favorite among monarchs and political leaders across Europe—and gave him the perfect cover for the clandestine activities that shaped the landscape of seventeenth-century politics. In Master of Shadows, Mark Lamster brilliantly recreates the culture, religious conflicts, and political intrigues of Rubens’s time, following the painter from Antwerp to London, Madrid, Paris, and Rome and providing an insightful exploration of Rubens’s art as well as the private passions that influenced it.
Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird
Author: Alma RubensPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476616671
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Dark-eyed and distant Alma Rubens was one of the first female stars of the early feature film industry in the 1910s. She was a major star by 1920, but before the decade was over her screen career was marked and marred by cocaine abuse. She died in 1931 at age 33—a Hollywood beauty, a casualty of Hollywood “snow,” yet much more. As an actress she was versatile, demonstrating a talent that was ahead of its time with her gentle and subtle expressions. This book contains Rubens’s autobiography, a text titled This Bright World Again that was serialized in newspapers in 1931. Ghost-written or not or somewhere in between, this long forgotten document deals with Rubens’s addiction and despair. In addition, a new biography of Rubens takes the reader from her birth in San Francisco through an impoverished upbringing, three short-lived marriages, and her career in pictures for Triangle Film, Cosmopolitan, Fox and other production companies. The story of her film career mingles with a tale of desperate drug addiction that led to hospital stays, violence and deception. A filmography lists her credits from 1913 to 1929.
The Bridge World's Test Your Play
Author: Jeff RubensPublisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154437
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Perhaps the world's most prestigious bridge magazine, 'The Bridge World' each month features a column entitled 'Test Your Play', which consists of two difficult problems in declarer play for readers to solve. In this book, Jeff Rubens has collected some of his favourite hands from this column, and presents them as a compendium for those who like a serious intellectual challenge. There is a steady market for problem books of this kind and this collection is guaranteed to be of high quality.
The Age of Rubens
Author: World of Rubens
Author: C.V. WedgwoodPublisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780809402403
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Early Rubens
Author: Alexandra SudaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781988788104
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Catholic Rubens
Author: Willibald SauerlanderPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606062689
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The art of Rubens is rooted in an era darkened by the long shadow of devastating wars between Protestants and Catholics. In the wake of this profound schism, the Catholic Church decided to cease using force to propagate the faith. Like Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) sought to persuade his spectators to return to the true faith through the beauty of his art. While Rubens is praised for the “baroque passion” in his depictions of cruelty and sensuous abandon, nowhere did he kindle such emotional fire as in his religious subjects. Their color, warmth, and majesty—but also their turmoil and lamentation—were calculated to arouse devout and ethical emotions. This fresh consideration of the images of saints and martyrs Rubens created for the churches of Flanders and the Holy Roman Empire offers a masterly demonstration of Rubens’s achievements, liberating their message from the secular misunderstandings of the postreligious age and showing them in their intended light.