Peter Paul Rubens
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| - | '''Peter Paul Rubens''' ([[June 28]], [[1577]] – [[May 30]], [[1640]]) was a prolific [[17th century|seventeenth-century]] [[Flemings|Flemish]] and European painter, and a proponent of an exuberant [[Baroque]] style that emphasized movement, color, and [[sensuality]]. As many of his paintings feature full-figured, [[voluptuous]] women, the word "[[Big Beautiful Woman|Rubenesque]]" (meaning [[plump]] or [[flesh]]y, yet not "[[fat]]," and used exclusively to describe women) is derived from his last name. He is well-known for his [[Counter-Reformation]] [[Altarpiece|altarpieces]], [[Portraiture|portraits]], [[Landscape painting|landscapes]], and [[History painting|history paintings]] of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in [[Antwerp]] that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically-educated [[Humanism|humanist scholar]], art collector, and diplomat who was [[Knight|knighted]] by both [[Philip IV of Spain|Philip IV]], king of Spain, and [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], king of England. | + | '''Peter Paul Rubens''' ([[June 28]], [[1577]] – [[May 30]], [[1640]]) was a prolific [[17th century|seventeenth-century]] [[Flemish painter]], and a proponent of an exuberant [[Baroque]] style that emphasized movement, color, and [[sensuality]]. As many of his paintings feature full-figured, [[voluptuous]] women, the word "[[Big Beautiful Woman|Rubenesque]]" (meaning [[plump]] or [[flesh]]y, yet not "[[fat]]," and used exclusively to describe women) is derived from his last name. He is well-known for his [[Counter-Reformation]] [[Altarpiece|altarpieces]], [[Portraiture|portraits]], [[Landscape painting|landscapes]], and [[History painting|history paintings]] of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in [[Antwerp]] that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically-educated [[Humanism|humanist scholar]], art collector, and diplomat who was [[Knight|knighted]] by both [[Philip IV of Spain|Philip IV]], king of Spain, and [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], king of England. |
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Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. As many of his paintings feature full-figured, voluptuous women, the word "Rubenesque" (meaning plump or fleshy, yet not "fat," and used exclusively to describe women) is derived from his last name. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically-educated humanist scholar, art collector, and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, king of Spain, and Charles I, king of England.
