Rubens’s Spirit

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From Ingenuity to Genius

By Alexander Marr

Series: Renaissance Lives

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Peter Paul Rubens, the foremost northern European artist of his era, is examined through the intertwined themes of spirit, ingenuity and genius. This book traces Rubens's entire career, analysing his altarpiece work in Italy, collaborations in Antwerp, and nuanced engagement with the spirit of pleasure. It culminates with a study of his late landscapes and their connection to the genius loci, or spirit of place, revealing how Rubens influenced the shift from early modern ingenuity to Romantic genius.
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Ideal for readers interested in art history, seventeenth-century culture, and the life and works of Peter Paul Rubens. Suitable for scholars, students, and enthusiasts seeking a thoughtful, scholarly exploration of artistic creativity and cultural themes in the early modern period.

The spirit, ingenuity and genius of Peter Paul Rubens.

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Peter Paul Rubens was the most inventive and prolific northern European artist of his age. Rubens’s Spirit discusses his life and work in relation to three interrelated themes: spirit, ingenuity and genius. It argues that Rubens and his reception were pivotal in the transformation of early modern ingenuity into Romantic genius.

Ranging across the artist's entire career, the book explores Rubens's engagement with these themes in his art and biography. It looks at Rubens's forays into altarpiece painting in Italy as well as his collaborations with fellow artists in his hometown of Antwerp, and his complex relationship with the spirit of pleasure.

The book concludes with his late landscapes in connection to genius loci, the spirit of the place.

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Rubens’s Spirit offers a beautifully written, nuanced analysis of Rubens’s extraordinary creativity, covering his altarpieces, mythologies, portraits, genre scenes and landscapes. Marr’s exploration of Rubens’s spirited art illuminates the 17th-century concepts of ingenuity and genius that continue to shape aesthetic theory. The book impressively blends original research with engaging discussions on topics ranging from period dietetics and optical theories to gender representation in Rubens's work. Praised for its wit and depth, it enriches our understanding of this versatile artist and his art.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789143997

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 April 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Reaktion Books

Illustration: 87 illustrations, 67 in colour

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 256

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Alexander Marr Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Series: Renaissance Lives

About the Author

Alexander Marr is Reader in the History of Early Modern Art at the University of Cambridge. His most recent book is Logodaedalus: Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe (2018).