Description
| Product ID: | 9781781301043 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IT |
| Title: | Rubens |
| Subtitle: | The Two Great Landscapes |
| Authors: | Author: Lucy Davis |
| Page Count: | 112 |
| Subjects: | Individual artists, art monographs, Individual artists, art monographs, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Nature in art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes, etc), Belgium, c 1600 to c 1700 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A handsomely illustrated monograph that examines in depth Rubens’s two greatest landscape paintings: A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning and The Rainbow Landscape. Painted as pendants, the pair of paintings have been in London since 1803. This book presents an updated and almost complete history of the provenance of the two works, describing their passage through eminent collections from the time of Rubens’s death until they reached their respective collections. Separated by less than a mile, the former eventually entered the collection of the National Gallery and the latter the Wallace Collection. The book puts the creation of these two landscapes into the full context of Rubens’s later life and his semi-retirement. It demonstrates how they are the zenith of his achievements as a landscape painter and explores how he drew skilfully on Flemish influences, including Bruegel, in creating two highly original compositions. Written to engage and appeal to the non-specialist reader and academic alike, the book makes an important contribution to scholarship in the field, including original technical research and new photography that show how these complex compositions evolved iteratively as the panels onto which they were painted were expanded. A handsomely illustrated monograph that examines in depth Rubens’s two greatest landscape paintings: A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning and The Rainbow Landscape.Painted as pendants, the pair of paintings have been in London since 1803. This book presents an updated and almost complete history of the provenance of the two works, describing their passage through eminent collections from the time of Rubens’s death until they reached their respective collections. Separated by less than a mile, the former eventually entered the collection of the National Gallery and the latter the Wallace Collection.The book puts the creation of these two landscapes into the full context of Rubens’s later life and his semi-retirement. It demonstrates how they are the zenith of his achievements as a landscape painter and explores how he drew skilfully on Flemish influences, including Bruegel, in creating two highly original compositions. Written to engage and appeal to the non-specialist reader and academic alike, the book makes an important contribution to scholarship in the field, including original technical research and new photography that show how these complex compositions evolved iteratively as the panels onto which they were painted were expanded. |
| Imprint Name: | Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-05-14 |
