Classic Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens(1577-1640), was an one of major German painter, he was German to birth, because is born in Siegen, Westphalia, but the art critic considers him as Flemish painter, anyway two origins both cultural and birth that excluded totally a series of documents both papery and painting; because the address of Rubens was merely realistic, because Flemish to culture, but in Italy, from 1600 to 1608, he has painted in Italy and he has study also Italian works, we can are sure about it for some drawing that is directly emanation from Universal judge of Michelangelo(1475-1564)(Fig.1), we must not consider it as copies from Michelangelo but suggestion that Rubens has took and translated diversity: a figure of man(Fig.2), is directly suggestion from the nudes on vault of Sistine chapel(Figs.3-6), that evidently Rubens has studied and has took, as good idea for eventual painting, the painters seen a determined painting, or others thing, and they keep in the brain imagines, a catalog necessary for execution of their works, it is normal for every painter and sculptor, architect or artisan, for literary the catalog is the mentions. Other figure(Fig.7) while posture is very different but the model was the Christ of Judge(Fig.8); and other male figure(Fig.9), that has followed directly the nudes(Figs.3-6); other drawing with naked man from the back(Fig.10) has took from a figure of Michelangelo in same painting(Fig.11); beyond the posture of Christ(Fig.8), Rubens has took also other posture(Fig.12), the arm is from Christ but the posture outspread is directly from this figure, hence Rubens has gathered two postures of two figures; it is catalog that I have mentioned above; a perfect gather of two figures and the while postures, is for two figures of God(Fig.14), that Rubens has took to a figure from the back but with left arm opened(Fig.13); Rubens has took the figure of God from the back, and has took also the opened arms of God figure on right; but certainly to him hasn’t rested indifferent the posture of Eva(Fig.15). These considerations about the classic address of Rubens, that in art critic is a true oath, because Rubens was Flemish and stop, are valid also to other drawn figure(Fig.16), the posture is directly took from the fragmentary sculpture, called the torso of Belvedere(Fig.17), and for the legs of man Rubens has took the Moses(Fig.18); the influences of classic culture is evident also from painting, a figure of Hercules(Fig.19) Rubens has took again the posture of Christ(Fig.8), but for body very statuary he sees to painted sculptures of Judge(Figs.20-21). It attests that a painter must follow the will of costumers and he must took everywhere the suggestions necessary to his painting, the canonical address we have given, but they were above all artists and after also classic, naturalist and other.

Alessandro Lusana  

  

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