Values in Rembrandt and Rubens

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This paper examines "Portrait of a Man as the God Mars" by Peter Paul Rubens and "Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer" by Rijn van Rembrandt. The paper studies techniques and ideas, including the focus on material objects, colors used and the setting in the past or the present moment in order to make the case that Rubens was concerned with things of material, worldly value as opposed to Rembrandt.

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"The two Baroque painters, Peter Paul Rubens and Rijn van Rembrandt launched themselves into the art world, now seen as Old Masters, at the tail end of the Renaissance. Despite their common subjects, their common influences and their same time period, these two painters were very, very different, in their style and in their purpose. "Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer" by Rembrandt and Ruben's "Portrait of a Man as the God Mars" are two fine examples of works that display the differences between the two painters. This paper will study three aspects where two paintings are different and then look at what kind of meaning these differences can create, these differences being the focus on material objects that each painting has, the colors that each artist used and the setting of each painting, in regard to the past and the present (at the time in which each was painted)."

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