6/08/2014

Turner Paintings And Peter Paul Rubens Paintings

By Darren Hartley


Turner paintings were widely known to be among the most original landscapes and seascapes in Europe. They were influenced by Claude Lorrain, whose paintings were obsessively studied by Joseph Turner. Joseph extensively travelled all over Europe in his search for new scenes to paint.

One of the great Turner paintings was The Fighting Temeraire, done in 1839. A subsequent 1844 painting, Rain, Steam and Speed, was to influence the Impressionist painters, 30 years from when it was originally exhibited. Joseph Turner was often described as the greatest landscape painter of the 19th century.

With their romanticism, Turner paintings would later have an influence on the Impressionist movement. Romanticism is itself a by-product of the Neoclassical movement that properly accounted for history through its close attention to detail. Turner paintings are credited for having embarked on a subject matter so great it actually rivalled the history genre.

Peter Paul Rubens paintings were the most influential Baroque artwork in Northern Europe. They were sensual paintings of full-bodied women which gave rise to the term Rubenesque. Peter painted many extravagant portraits of European royalty. He was called a prince of painters and a painter of princes by critics.

His first wife, Isabella Brant, was a constant subject of the Peter Paul Rubens paintings. His second wife, Helene Fourment, was an extremely beautiful woman and her buxom figure was the inspiration behind many paintings. This included versions of The Judgment of Paris where Helene appeared as Venus, Minerva and Juno.

Among the well known Peter Paul Rubens paintings are The Descent from the Cross, Wolf and Fox Hunt and The Garden of Love. They are depictions of subjects from a variety of sources, i.e., religion, history and mythology. They combined a knowledge of Renaissance classicism with lush brushwork and lively realism.




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