DW DocFilm - Rubens - A European Life December 17, 2018
I am a peace loving man. I believe that it ought to be the first wish of every honest man to live in tranquility of mine. I am sorry that all kings and princes are not of this humor. The words of Peter Paul Rubens writing to a friend in france and sixteen thirty six a time when the Catholic Church was fighting to counter the effects of the reformation. His allegorical canvas the consequences of war is considered one of the very first antiwar images rubens at once a catholic and a humanist achieved superstar status in his day and remains a towering figure in the history of western european art....
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