LINKTV France 24 October 16, 2013
The figures the use of great circling arcs in the sweeping compositions his dazzling use of color, all contribute to the heightened emotionalism that was intended to lift the spectator out of the everyday world into a state of exultation. His works are the most powerful expression of triumph and christianity. Rubens achieved his success early as we see in this youthful selfportrait, together with his first wife. He was the superstar of the art world of the day, the most esteemed Court Painter in europe, when in 1628 he was summoned to spain to paint the king. From his capital at madrid philip ...