Rubens,a Baroque painter, has contributed so much to art more than any other artist, because of his unique expression of form, composition, and color. He created about 3,000 works of art throughout his life, all of which are now scattered in museums across the world. He is well known for his allegorical references, pyramidal composition, landscapes, and depiction of the human form through his depiction of corpulent women. He influenced many painters as well as avante-garde movements such as the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Fauvist, and Neoclassical.

Rubens was an important artist who firmly believed in the classical and displayed this interest of classical antiquity and humanism through his allegorical figures, including nude females. This showed off his personal taste in woman as he had a taste for corpulent woman, sensual nudes, with a plump buxom with soft creamy skin. Rubens captured the female nude so perfectly and explicitly, capturing her as a fertile and sensual female nude.

Rubens remains an important figure in art today, because he captured nature so realistically through his soft and quick brushstrokes such as seen in, “Marie De'Medici, Queen of France, Landing in Marseilles,” he does a wonderful job of depicting motion. Trough this technique, he achieves a realistic approach at capturing nature as well as the sensual nudes in such movement and drama and realism. This style of painting is seen widely more or less in the Impressionist period. Monet was definitely influenced by Rubens. Who was to say that one was not able to capture nature at it's greatest by using this Rubenesque style of painting? Rubens plays with the light a little in this one. As the light glares off of Marie Medici's dress, the light plays off of the female nudes breasts in the water.

Through Ruben's pyramidal composition, he was able to capture a moment of action and drama as well as portray a feeling. This is very important and influential artists in how they...

YOU MAY ALSO FIND THESE DOCUMENTS HELPFUL

...From the Baroque period through the Postmodern era there are three artist that stands out to me with their work. Rembrandt’s Resurrection of Christ is a wonderful piece of art with its reflection of the Roman Soldiers and the reassuring presence of Christ. In 1808 Goya’s Third Day of May is a work that was created during the realism period. Which due to the war during this time it affected many artists by changing the content of their work to real life events. Like many others during this era this painting was based on an actual event that took place during real life events. Created from 1609-1611 Sir Pete Ruben’s The Massacre of the Innocent’s, is one true painting of art as it captures only a moment of the terror but as well as all human emotions are expressed within it. Of these painting and event I will discuss what influenced them to create such are and what inspired their painting. Some of the art created could have been tribute due to the political, social, or economic change in events.
Describing in the bible Matthew in 2:16 describes a massacre of babies on order of King Herod after hearing on the birth of a new king, Jesus, in his realm. This incident, known as the massacre of the innocents, exemplifying the horror of harming children while the power of the state, has inspired artists such as Sir Peter Ruben and into many centuries after him. Which Rubens was a prolific...

...﻿Baroque Art and Architecture
I INTRODUCTION
Baroque Art and Architecture, the style dominating the art and architecture of Europe and certain European colonies in the Americas throughout the 1600s, and in some places, until 1750. A number of its characteristics continue in the art and architecture of the first half of the 18th century, although this period is generally termed rococo (see Rococo Style) and corresponds roughly with King Louis XV of France. Manifestations of baroque art appear in virtually every country in Europe, with other important centers in the Spanish and Portuguese settlements in the Americas and in other outposts. The term baroque also defines periods in literature and music.
II DEFINITION
The origins of the word baroque are not clear. It may have been derived from the Portuguese barocco or the Spanish barueco to indicate an irregularly shaped pearl. The word itself does not accurately define or even approximate the meaning of the style to which it refers. However, by the end of the 18th century baroque had entered the terminology of art criticism as an epithet leveled against 17th-century art, which many later critics regularly dismissed as too bizarre or strange to merit serious study. Writers such as the 19th-century Swiss cultural historian Jakob Burckhardt considered this style the decadent end of the Renaissance; his student Heinrich Wölfflin,...

...﻿
Baroque art is a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half. It was characterized by the free and sculptural use of the classical orders. Artists would implement the baroque style of art in their paintings in order to express concerns or symbolize ideas. A famous Spanish artist was Diego Velazquez. During the 1640s and 1650s, Velázquez served as both court painter and curator of Philip IV's expanding collection of European art. Velazquez seemed to have been given a much larger degree of freedom in the role than others. He was even allowed to supervise the decoration and interior design of the rooms holding the most valued paintings. He would add mirrors, statues and tapestries. He was known for painting “Las Meninas” (the maids of honor) which was created in 1656.
“Las Meninas” was one of Velazquez’s most famous paintings. Velazquez worked in the Baroque period. This was a period of time when the style of art was characterized by the following: great drama, rich, deep color, and intense light and dark shadows. This was very different compared to Renaissance art. He also used a painting technique called chiaroscuro. He had a very realistic approach to the human figure which was very new. The painting itself may be considered a self-portrait but Velazquez is not the center of the painting....

...experiences and subjective views, we have to learn the background surrounding the artist when the work was created- the social and historical conditions of the time and the philosophical views which affected the way in which the artist viewed the world. (Russell, 1984)
Art is as varied as the life from which it springs and each artist portrays different aspects of the world they know. Briefly, it may be said that artists paint to discover truth and to create order. The creators of art make discoveries about the wonders and beauty of nature and the dignity and nobility of man. They give these concepts an order to help us understand life in a greater depth. In understanding the history and style of any period of art, we have to comprehend the balance between social and political development of that particular era. Within each and every period, development of style is affected by a response to particular philosophies, social and economic conditions, political and spiritual influences. World Issues have been reflected in art throughout the ages, and this premise is supported by three particular periods of time. This is clearly evident when viewing ancient art, where symbolism was an important part of society. Also, through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, where art was a critical form of expression and finally in the modern age of art where even in looking into the works of individual...

...No. Ding! Thank you for playing anyway. Because we are food for worms, lads. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die.
Keating: Language was developed for one endeavor, and that is - Mr. Anderson? Come on, are you a man or an amoeba? [pause] Mr. Perry?
Neil: To communicate.
Keating: No! To woo women!
Charlie Dalton: Welton Academy. Hello? Yes, he is. Just a moment. Mr. Nolan, it's for you. It's God. He says we should have girls at Welton.
...
Keating: Phone call from God. If it had been collect, that would have been daring!
McAllister: You take a big risk by encouraging them to be artists, John. When they realize they're not Rembrandts, Shakespeares or Mozarts, they'll hate you for it.
Keating: We're not talking artists, George, we're talking freethinkers.
McAllister: Freethinkers at seventeen?
Keating: Funny — I never pegged you as a cynic.
McAllister: Not a cynic, a realist. "Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams, and I'll show you a happy man."
Keating: "But only in their dreams can man be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be."
McAllister: Tennyson?
Keating: No, Keating.
[Keating stands on his desk]
Keating: Why do I stand up here? Anybody?
Dalton: To feel taller!
Keating: No!
[Dings a bell with his foot]
Keating: Thank you for playing Mr. Dalton. I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly...

...
Artist
What do you think of when you hear the word artist? Picasso, Dali, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo are all typical answers. They are also crucial to how we define artist. Most people, including the dictionary, consider artists people that draw or paint pieces of art and make a living off of it. An artist does not have to paint or write to be considered one. In fact, an artist does not have to be a professional at all. The word artist means so much more, and requires a broader definition. An artist is someone who excels at something and inspires others with their work. From the street performer to the multi-million dollar piece of art to the Heisman winning quarterback, artists captivate our attention and provide us with inspiration to be better than who we already are.
Many athletes could be considered artists because what they do is amazing. They inspire many “normal” people to do incredible things, and that is a hallmark of a great artist. Just like the painter that takes the breath away from someone, an athlete can create memorable plays with their mastery of what they do. In soccer all the time you hear the announcer call the players artists. The way they move on the field and the things they can do with the ball inspire awe in every person that watches. What they do inspires others to do...

...-------------------------------------------------
Cesar Torrente Legaspi
Cesar Legaspi on April 2, 1917 in Tondo, Manila (1917–1994) is a Filipino National Artist awardee in painting. He was also an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960s. His early (1940s-1960s) works, alongside those of peer, Hernando Ocampo are described as depictions of anguish and dehumanization of beggars and laborers in the city. These include Man and Woman (alternatively known as Beggars) and Gadgets'. Primarily because of this early period, critics have further cited Legaspi's having "reconstituted" in his paintings "cubism's unfeeling, geometric ordering of figures into a social expressionism rendered by interacting forms filled with rhythmic movement".
-------------------------------------------------
Early life
A National Artist in painting, Legaspi was the son of Manuel Legaspi and Rosario Torrente. He was married to
VitalianaKaligdan with whom he had five children. His daughter, Celeste, is one of the most gifted proponents
of Filipino popular music.
Legaspi earned his Certificate of proficiency at the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts in 1936. He
thenpursued art studies abroad as a scholar at the Cultura Hispanic, in Madrid, 1953-1954. He subsequently
entered the Academie Ramon in Paris, France.
Legaspi espoused the cause of modem art from its early years and nurtured it with his fellow...

...forth for art following the Council of Trent: Clarity, realism and emotional stimulus. Many artists fulfilled these requirements in their own ways: Rubens employed his mastery of drawing, while Caravaggio masked his apparent lack of skill by inventing a new way of painting, tenebrism (Caravaggism). While clarity could be established relatively easily, this doesn't mean images had to be simple. One of the most complex elements of Baroque painting is the use of women as subjects, particularly women of power, be they royal, biblical, or artists themselves. Artemisia Genteleschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes (1620) presents a female painter drawing on her own experiences to depict a heroine defeating a great enemy as only a lady could. Peter Paul Rubens' Medici Cycle (1622-25), specifically The Presentation of Her Portrait to Henry IV, shows the product of a woman patron trying to glorify herself as a queen and justify her political ideals while being presented quite literally as an object to her husband-to-be. Finally, Diego Valazquez's Las Meninas (1656), a royal family portrait focusing on the daughter of Philip the IV and Mariana of Spain, but using the commission as a vehicle to draw attention to the artist and praise his craft. Using these three works, one can conclude that a woman, present as the artist, the patron or a decorative faux-subject, was a very powerful tool...