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Universally celebrated for his rosy and concupiscent nudes, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was an artist whose first concern was sensuality in all its forms. This Baroque master devoted himself to a lifelong celebration of the joys and wonders of the physical realm. He felt that the human body was as lovely and natural as the many natural landscapes he painted as a young man. In a lushly illustrated text, María Varshavskaya and Xenia Yegorova explore...
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Mondialement célèbre pour ses nus sensuels, aux formes généreuses, Pierre Paul Rubens (1577-1640), était un artiste dont la préoccupation première était la sensualité. Ce maître baroque, célébrera toute sa vie les plaisirs et l'émerveillement que procure le corps. Il estimait que le corps humain était tout aussi naturel que les nombreux paysages qu'il peignait lorsqu'il était jeune. Dans ce texte brillamment illustré, María Varshavskaya...
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La obra de Rubens irradia energía y manifiesta una percepción vertiginosa de los placeres de la vida. Sus colores brillantes e inagotable imaginación glorifican el mundo en todo su esplendor. Rubens ejerció una fuerte influencia en posteriores pintores: sus idilios heroicos se reflejan en las escenas caballerosas de Antoine Watteau y las escenas de caza en la obra de Eugène Delacroix, mientras que sus pinturas encomiásticas de la belleza opulenta...
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