{"product_id":"rubenss-spirit-by-alexander-marr-9781789143997","title":"Rubens’s Spirit","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Paul Rubens was the most inventive and prolific northern European artist of his age. \u003cem\u003eRubens’s Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRanging 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes with his late landscapes in connection to \u003cem\u003egenius loci\u003c\/em\u003e, the spirit of the place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598087930092,"sku":"9781789143997","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b67fa838c00fe4e574c28a342eb7854d.jpg?v=1778027455","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/rubenss-spirit-by-alexander-marr-9781789143997","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}