A Flemish painter, Peter Paul Rubens’ Baroque style emphasized movement, sensuality and color. Although he was raised as a Catholic and painted Counter-Reformation pieces f or the church, he was born ...
No artist did so much to add life to the skill of painting, with a vivacity that feels like a kind of magic. Until Rubens, the skill of depiction was moving forward step by step, and he seems to me to be its apotheosis - after Rubens, art advanced in different ways but depiction was never bettered. He also played a significant role as a diplomat
He also played a significant role as a diplomat