Violence and sex of masterpieces-the baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens

Violence and sex of masterpieces-the baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens

French art historian Dana said: "only a Rubens Flanders, as only a Shakespeare of British, no matter how great the rest of the painter, part of the total lack of his genius." Genius is peculiar to Rubens, this part of his work will always be the hero's emotional appeal on understanding of a subject, and in the subject matter which contains all the joys and sorrows of the world, his works often appear some pictures about violence and sex, thus formed the unique Rubens painting style.

Baroque art on behalf of Rubens: painting of violence and sex

Rubens painting has a strong sense of movement and emotional agitation. His interpretation of the violence and sexual showed two different methods, depiction of violence is naked, and the depiction of sex is only a hint. Violence will emerge in the movement of images, and the sex is hiding quietly in the picture. As "the daughter of plunder for west pass" as depicted in the picture, pictures on the characters and the art of horses together as an integral whole, the strength of staggered twist in the whole. Flying horse hair, hair and cloak is filled with passion. And this kind of passion that show is the spread of violence and sexual desire. Two art artss unbridled plunder of naked violence into power, shame into aesthetic feeling. Rubens always can through own art processing technique for this kind of violence and sex in the picture.

Baroque art on behalf of Rubens: 1 painting of violence and sex

Rubens created a face only appeared in his works of people (a man is strong, a woman full) and form (a very strong movement). 17-18 century famous British aestheticians Xia Fuci in said: "beautiful, beautiful, good-looking is not on the material, and in the art of composition design above, must not be above the object, and in the form or give power." Rubens's works are after him carefully designed, everywhere full of power. For example "innocents" in the power of the rebels, "the SAN andreas, and hermit," leaning on the saint grams of the sticks, the strong body and heavy pace, shows the power of the brave, inspired many people marching forward. This force is the violence of the power of the resistance of the hero. Rubens's works present a passionate movement. Especially the distorted and exaggerated human movement, can be said to be in western painting. Perceptions in the era of Rubens, in the universe in the eternal movement, they put them as a movement around the world, a world of infinite complex forms of exercise. So his writings have move feeling, of which about is through the dynamic performance of violence.

Baroque art on behalf of Rubens: 2 painting of violence and sex

Van loon in "human art" describes the condition of the sixteenth century: "in the 16th century candid personality, body tough...... only in this way people can survive, everyone big temper of the time, and always will be a sword. At that time, if you don't kill people, someone will kill you." History to Rubens was a picture of killing violence. 17th century European power struggle, and there was a new ancien regime ancien regime forces with violent crackdown believers, Rubens also been implicated as a child, so his work has a lot on violence scenes, for example the beheading of saint John the Baptist, "Cain killed Abel" and so on. Which made in 1611-1612 of wood oil painting "innocents" is he all reflect the violence in the painting the most outstanding one, it has affected the goya's "three shot day and night in May, 1808 insurgents, delacroix" o heshbon island massacre "and Picasso's" guernica "and so on many later masterpieces, but more than their work has touched our hearts. Images based on the story of Matthew chapter 2 verse 16 to 18, is a self-fulfilling prophecy of Jeremiah, and signs in the crucifixion of Christ. However, "Rubens using the hero's naked and emotion change, the text narrative into a visual art." Painting depicts a group of innocent civilians in the war is a slaughter of the scene, several strong soldiers are killing a bunch of unarmed civilians, most of them are women, mostly young mother, almost everyone held their own baby. Works using diagonal compositions, the slaughter of scene image display in front of an audience. Images of the soldiers however brutal killings, mothers still embrace her own children, showed the great mother of human to pure and good with his weak body to defend their flesh and their expression of dynamic and slaughter is formed a striking contrast. Rubens through exposure to praise the aggressors bloody massacre, savage brutal justice and goodness. The whole picture image vivid, lifelike, personality traits of obvious, good and evil. But if you know the story of the bible you might think that the killing is not a kind of violence, but the law of human existence.

Rubens has two touching the marriage of love, all this makes his broad mind to not compare paints your daydream of art. "He wrote in the harbor of a cavity animals during" the comfortable feeling of. The ease of love is the desire for sex. Often appear such female characters in his works, full fat body, bright red flesh, flowing blonde hair, elastic back round and full breasts. It makes the viewer to sex in his work had another kind of feeling.

The violence in the baroque art on behalf of Rubens: painting and 4

Rubens works depicting the image of women are very full, but also exposed. In "the daughter of plunder for west pass", showing a rough the catharsis of personal passion, is a British author aldous Huxley - description of the painting, stowe ear with a wave of Mr Lewkow, "completely jump into the ocean of female body, in which unscrupulous swimming". And suggest that yes here is another form of sexual way - naked deprivation. Who could be so bold, but Rubens. At the end of the 20th century the female literature of the painting has caused heated discussion, because it shows the violence against women. Work "the garden of love" is he in 1630-1630 (when he was 50 s) draw a picture, the original painting is a picture of a love fable works, but also there is no doubt that in the painting reflects the sexual desire, Venus's assistant is the one hand and a torch angel into a black hole, and the "is a symbol of the black hole". People attempting to walk into, to explore the mystery hidden inside. Thus suggests that the people for hundreds of years of a kind of attitude in sex, timid and yearning. Picture the top right corner that statue of Venus is exaggerated, Venus hands clasped his breast, squeeze out water like spring water flowing down from the inside. This image is Rubens and clever for message of peace and blessing, the picture in the middle of the goddess holding a breast milk like spring water flow into the child's mouth. Rubens always try every means to make women show their breasts, because he knew it was the only source of nurturing life. For humans, has ten million kinds of the role of the breast, Rubens but will this is sacred and beautiful breasts, try to performance, even showing a bit, he's praise of the woman is of the form of or blasphemy?

Baroque art on behalf of Rubens: violence and sexual 5 of the painting

Rubens through the depiction of violence and sex, reveals its are in an era of a sound, no matter how nice he has his own life, that age is not all people are happy living like that, Rubens is showing respect for age, and deep analysis, through the picture to the deep intention expressed. To violence and sex also constitutes the Rubens two big theme of the picture. Matisse stressed: "all the artists with the imprint of the era, deepest and most great artists are those who branded man." In the baroque art, Rubens's works are witnesses that imprints in the age of the deepest, because his work reflects the spirit of the age and thought. In general, the works of Rubens represents a wild, passion. Through a variety of twist body and intense movement, violence and sex clever depicted in his works, when you look at his work, you must be in your heart is a mess, as the American famous contemporary art historian William Fleming said "your heart is in accordance with the long a chaotic abyss".