"For Ruben's age, as for the ancient Romans, history was valued for the lessons it taught. Rubens was deeply interested in history, particularly the works of the ancient writers like Ovid, Plutarch and Juvenal, which were full of exemplary figures. Yet unlike many Renaissance artists who merely sought texts they could illustrate, Rubens was familiar enough with classical writings to interpret them with originally and wit - always with an ..."
"One remarkable feature of European culture as it developed in the Renaissance was the accommodation it made with ancient paganism. The classical gods and their legends were allegorised, transformed into symbolic figures or emblematic scenes that might accord with Christian morality. At the same time a secular space was created in art for the depiction of the most popular myths, above all the love stories recounted by the ancient poets. ..."
"These stories were not only attractive in themselves; they offered the opportunity to depict nude figures in narrative action, which the example of antiquity held forth as the highest goal for painting. 00Rubens was one of the greatest ..."
"This volume explores the imagery of slaves and enslavement - white as well as black - in early modern Europe. Long before the abolitionist movement took up the theme, European art abounded in images of slaves - chained, subjected, subdued figures. Often these enslaved figures were meant to be symbolic, for slavery was widely invoked as a metaphor in both religious and secular contexts. The ancient Roman iconography of triumphalism, with ..."
"Elizabeth McGrath creates sweetly-twisted creatures, rendering them in a wide range of materials. One of the leading women of the pop surrealism movement, McGrath has an uncanny knack for creating dark, edgy, fantastical works layered with beauty, angst and significance. Influenced by the relationship between the natural world and the detritus of consumer culture, she sculpts and paints endearing and often tragic beings, adorning them w ..."
"These stories were not only attractive in themselves; they offered the opportunity to depict nude figures in narrative action, which the example of antiquity held forth as the highest goal for painting. 00Rubens was one of the greatest ..."
"That Ernst Gombrich was one of the most important art historians of the 20th century would seem to go without saying. And so one might expect him to feature prominently in the numerous surveys, guides and introductions to the history and methods of art history produced during the past two decades. Precisely the opposite, however, is the case. One reason for this certainly was that Gombrich was an avowed enemy of ‘big ideas’, interested ..."
"A simple mission lies at the heart of Rubens: to give the most complete picture of the great Flemish master as possible. No fewer than 163 paintings, sketches, and drawings by the artist, plus nine tapestries, are put to this worthy task. A faithful, objective understanding of Rubens arises, from his beginnings under the influence of his master Otto Venius and Italian art, right through to the end of his career, when he basked in a majo ..."
"The first collected work of the LA underground art world’s favorite wunderkind, Elizabeth McGrath. 112 pages of full-color photos and detail shots reveal the exquisitely complex details of her sweetly twisted creatures, giving a glimpse of what the City of Misfit Toys might have become had it been saved by Satan rather than Santa. Upon first viewing, McGrath’s colorful, mummified creatures are gothic oddities, but their undeniable arti ..."
"Peter Paul Rubens (1577â€"1640) was a prodigious artist whose works were prized by the rulers of the royal courts across Europe. He was also an international diplomat, shrewd businessman, linguist, and intellectual. This extraordinary book traces the fascinating flowering and early evolution of his genius.Handsomely designed and lavishly illustrated, this volume traces Rubensâ€TMs development from ambitious beginnings to his triumphant ..."
The art of ethics A psychology of ethical beliefs (Values and ethics series) by Elizabeth Z. Mcgrath Paperback, 163 Pages, Published 1994 by Loyola University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8294-0753-2, ISBN: 0-8294-0753-7
Jordaens, Psyche and the Abbot myth, decorum and Italian manners in seventeenth-century Antwerp by ElizabethMcgrath 48 Pages, Published 2009 by Groningen : The Gerson Lectures Foundation ISBN-13: 978-90-801691-9-7, ISBN: 90-801691-9-6
"The fifteenth Gerson Lecture was given on the 12th of November 2009 by Elizabeth McGrath on the commission that Jacob Jordaens received in 1639 from an Italian Abbot to paint a series of paintings depicting scenes from the myth of Amor and ..."