Italian Influence in Rubens

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This paper reviews the history of the artist Peter Paul Rubens and discusses how his work was influenced by Italian Renaissance classical themes. The paper further discusses examples such as "The Judgment of Paris", "Ganymede and the Eagle", and "Venus and Adonis".

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"The Flemish realism of Rubens' art is visible amid his fondness for Italian Renaissance classical themes, in three principal works discussed in this paper, in his first version of "The Judgment of Paris", "Ganymede and the Eagle", and "Venus and Adonis". Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was born in Westphalia to parents from Antwerp that had settled in Cologne. When his father died in 1587, he returned with his mother to Antwerp where he showed early promise as a student of Tobias Verhaecht, Adam van Noort and Otto van Veen (Wood 95f).Rubens left Antwerp as a young man to spend several years in Italy, also Spain, where he incorporated much of Titan's approach, Venetian colouring techniques, and various forms of drawing. In Flanders, much work in various media, towards being claimed as a Flemish artist, but by the Italians, as Italian. Mention of bold baroque themes, lighting/colour, and reference to several solid authorities."

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