DW DocFilm - Rubens - A European Life December 16, 2018
I am a peace loving man. I believe that it ought to be the first wish of every honest man to live and tranquility of mind. 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 in 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 anti war 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...