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Turner Paintings And Peter Paul Rubens Paintings

By Darren Hartley


Turner paintings were among the most original of landscapes and seascapes in Europe. They featured new techniques to make the skies and clouds appear luminous and expressive. Joseph Turner was thought to be insane because his paintings were so different from what other artists were churning out.

The Fighting Temeraire, completed in 1839, was one of the great Turner paintings. It featured a glowing sunset over a ghostly ship that fought in the Battle of Trafalgar being towed away. An 1844 painting, entitled Rain, Steam and Speed takes the idea of The Fighting Temeraire even further with hardly recognizable shapes on most of the canvas.

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.

Peter married twice, first to Isabella Brant and then to Helene Fourment. Both of his wives were frequent subjects and inspirations of the Peter Paul Rubens paintings. It is unfortunate that only one surviving ceiling painting by Peter still remains in its original setting at the Banqueting House in London.

Massacre of the Innocents, The Horrors of War and Venus and Adonis are among the most important of Peter Paul Rubens paintings. They provide constant commemoration for one of the most famous and successful European artists of the 17th century.




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