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This 5 page report discusses the art of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is generally considered to be the "foremost" or "most important" Flemish painter of the 17th century. The report discusses Rubens' personal style and the influences in his artistic development. The 24 paintings he created between 1622-25 at the behest of the dowager queen of France, Marie de' Medici for her Luxembourg Palace in Paris. They are particularly unique in that his patron was a woman and that she was also the subject. The "Medici cycle" as they have come to be known were large, allegorical paintings based on her life. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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has offered viewers a vision of energy (even exuberance) luminosity, and sensuality. At the height of the popularity he enjoyed during his lifetime, he was much in demand by wealthy
patrons for his lush depictions of women as goddesses, nymphs, or mythological beauties. They were bold and complicated paintings that often presented some historical allegory as the background for the
primary subject. Often, Rubens women are nude or only partially clothed. Not surprisingly, and as Johnson (1993) points out, most of his patrons were male (p. 447). The exception, of
course, are the 24 paintings he created between 1622-25 at the behest of the dowager queen of France, Marie de Medici for her Luxembourg Palace in Paris. They are particularly
unique in that his patron was a woman and that she was also the subject. The "Medici cycle" as they have come to be known were large, allegorical paintings based
on her life. The paintings are currently housed in the Louvre. Influences and Artistic Development Any student who explores the foundations and critical perspectives of art throughout history
should understand that art can always serve as a means by which social theorists and historians are able to gain some measure of understanding into a cultures ideals and belief
systems. The purpose of art, the creation of art, the interpretation of art, and the teaching of art has always and still remains a process in which the interpreter fits
into certain parameters as surely as the art work itself. It is also important to understand that art, be it music, literature and, or, visual arts are all reflections of
the way people think and behave. For Peter Paul Rubens, a great deal of his style is the result of a combination of the realism of Flemish painting
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