Rubens: Picturing Antiquity Persia and other objects of prestige

and other objects of prestige

Martha Demas

Northwestern University

Introduction by John Wilton-Ely

—Los Angeles Times Book Review

Rubens: Picturing Antiquity Persia and other objects of prestigeEdited by Anne T. Woollett, Davide Gasparotto, and Jeffrey Spier The first study devoted to classical arts vital creative impact on the work of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. For the great Peter Paul Rubens (15771640), the classical past afforded lifelong creative stimulus and the camaraderie of humanist friends. A formidable scholar, Rubens ingeniously transmitted the physical ideals of ancient sculptors, visualized the spectacle of imperial