- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press; 1st Edition edition (21 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0300104944
- ISBN-13: 978-0300104943
- Product Dimensions: 28.8 x 22.4 x 3.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 760,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), drawing was a fundamental activity. Ranging from delightful renderings of children and elegant portraits of noblemen and women to vigorous animal studies and beautiful landscapes, Rubens's drawings are renowned for their superb quality and variety. This exquisite book presents, in beautiful full-colour reproductions, more than one hundred of the finest and most representative of Rubens's drawings, from private and public collections around the world. Essays by Anne-Marie Logan and Michiel C. Plomp provide overviews of Rubens's career as a draftsman and of the dispersal of his drawings among collectors after his death. The authors discuss the various functions of Rubens's drawings as preparatory studies for paintings, sculpture, architecture, prints, and book illustrations. The volume also includes a sampling of the artist's early anatomical studies and copies after antique sculpture as well as several sheets by other artists that Rubens retouched, restored, or reworked. This publication accompanies an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (January 14 to April 3, 2005), the most comprehensive exhibition of Rubens's drawings ever held in the United States.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful
18 Oct 2007
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This is the most beautiful book I own. If you are interested in drawing, you will love this. It's truly a gem - incredibly comprehensive with outstanding full-color plates of Rubens' drawings. I haven't been able to find his drawings in full color, even in the library, and here they all are. This book is worth every penny.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful presentation
19 Mar 2005
Format:Hardcover
This magnificent book presents a selection of drawings by Rubens. The color reproductions are beautiful and sensitive - a must for all those who enjoy to look and learn from this artist. A thoroughly enjoyable book and truly professional presentation.
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Great
4 Sep 2009
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Informative. Well written. Scholarly. Comprehensive. The only issue I had is it's a bit academic and written as a catalog and does not really speak well of the artistic aesthetic. Rubens was incredibly talented with the human body and very imaginative in his work. I believe the book mentions that Rubens "breathes life" into his art. That's a very good assessment of Rubens. He was a master at capturing life. I'd recommend learning about Rubens and this is a great book to study.
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