루벤스의 누드 The Judgment of Paris c. 1625 Oil on canvas, 139 x 174 cm National Gallery, London The Judgment of Paris (the son of a Trojan king, Priam) is the most popular of all mythological themes in art. The scene depicts the story of his award of the golden apple to Venus in a contest of beauty between her, Juno, and Minerva. Rubens painted several versions of the subject. The Judgment of Paris c. 1639 Oil on panel, 199 x 379 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Judgment of Paris c. 1636 Oil on canvas, 145 x 194 cm National Gallery, London The Three Graces 1639 Oil on wood, 221 x 181 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Three Graces is one of the artist's final works. He had portrayed this theme several times since about 1620, but only later adopted the form that prevailed in classical Antiquity, with the three figures forming a circle so that one of them has her back to the spectator. "They were the goddesses of pleasant charm, of charitable deeds and of gratitude . .. without them nothing would be graceful or pleasing. They gave people friendliness, uprightness of character, sweetness and conversation...They were presented as three beautiful virgins and were either completely naked or clothed in some fine, transparent fabric...They stood together all three so that two of their faces were turned towards the spectator and only one was turned away from him." Rubens' late painting of three nude figures magnificently illustrates the artist's extraordinary handling of incarnate or human flesh tones. Rubens builds them up using the three primary colours yellow, red and blue. An unusually high proportion of blue is evident here. In this way, the human figure bears the same primary colours that make up the appearance of the world and the entire cosmos, and all that is gathered here in the landscape and flowers, the sky and the trees. Venus at a Mirror c. 1615 Oil on panel, 124 x 98 cm Collection of the Prince of Lichtenstein, Vienna Venus Frigida 1614, Oil on wood, 142 x 184 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Venus and Adonis c. 1635, Oil on canvas, 197 x 243 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Venus Feast (detail) 1630s Oil on canvas, 217 x 350 cm (full painting) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Perseus and Andromeda 1620-21 Oil on canvas, transferred from panel, 99,5 x 139 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Perseus Liberating Andromeda 1639-40 Oil on canvas, 265 x 160 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Angelica and the Hermit, approx. early 1630s, oil on panel, Art History Museum, Vienna. The Little Fur (Hélène Fourment), after 1635, oil on wood, Art History Museum, Vienna Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus c. 1618, Oil on panel, 224 x 210,5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The Union of Earth and Water c. 1618, Oil on canvas, 222,5 x 180,5 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Prev Kenny Hallam(영국) Kenny Hallam(영국) 2005.01.31by 김 혁 Alan Mark Cross Next Alan Mark Cross 2005.01.24by 김 혁 위로 아래로 댓글로 가기 인쇄 수정 삭제
