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Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) Hardcover – February 11, 2005

by Anne-Marie Logan (Author), Michiel C. Plomp (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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For the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), drawing was a fundamental activity. Ranging from delightful renderings of children and elegant portraits of noblemen and women to vigorous animal studies and beautiful landscapes, Rubens’s drawings are renowned for their superb quality and variety.

This exquisite book presents—in beautiful full-color reproductions—more than one hundred of the finest and most representative of Rubens’s drawings, from private and public collections around the world. Essays by Anne-Marie Logan and Michiel C. Plomp provide overviews of Rubens’s career as a draftsman and of the dispersal of his drawings among collectors after his death. The authors discuss the various functions of Rubens’s drawings as preparatory studies for paintings, sculpture, architecture, prints, and book illustrations. The volume also includes a sampling of the artist’s early anatomical studies and copies after antique sculpture as well as several sheets by other artists that Rubens retouched, restored, or reworked.

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  1. Print length
    344 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Publication date
    February 11, 2005
  5. Dimensions
    8.5 x 1.25 x 11 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0300104944
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0300104943
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Renowned for their superb quality and variety, Rubens’s drawings are the focus of this exquisite book. More than 100 drawings are featured and examined, accompanied by insightful essays that discuss the importance of draftsmanship in Rubens’s career.

About the Author

Anne-Marie Logan is Guest Research Curator and Michiel C. Plomp is Associate Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Metropolitan Museum of Art; First Edition (February 11, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300104944
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300104943
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.85 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.25 x 11 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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A. Barry
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2007
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This is the most beautiful book I own. If you are interested in drawing, you will love this. It's truly a gem - incredibly comprehensive with outstanding full-color plates of Rubens' drawings. I haven't been able to find his drawings in full color, even in the library, and here they all are. This book is worth every penny.
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Steven
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on drawings by Rubens
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2013
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If you are searching for an awesome book about Rubens' drawings, then look no further. This is just an absolute gem, it's a rather large book with many, very high quality images.
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Woodie
4.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2009
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Informative. Well written. Scholarly. Comprehensive. The only issue I had is it's a bit academic and written as a catalog and does not really speak well of the artistic aesthetic. Rubens was incredibly talented with the human body and very imaginative in his work. I believe the book mentions that Rubens "breathes life" into his art. That's a very good assessment of Rubens. He was a master at capturing life. I'd recommend learning about Rubens and this is a great book to study.
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Katherine F. Daack
5.0 out of 5 stars Ruebens' Drawings
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2005
The reproduction of drawings is superb, and this book is a great addition to my art-book collection.
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Alexandra S
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful art!
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2023
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Love all this beautiful art in one book. Exactly what I was looking for.
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トラベリンバンド
5.0 out of 5 stars カラーで見たい素描
Reviewed in Japan on November 3, 2017
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ルーベンスの茶系と黒の二色を使った素描はカラーで見たいもの。特にニコラスの肖像は、世界で一番美しい子供の素描ともいえるでしょう。ルーベンスの本当の実力がわかる素描集です。
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Maya S
5.0 out of 5 stars ルーベンスの素描集としては最高の画集
Reviewed in Japan on May 2, 2005
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ルーベンスの素描集としては最高の内容です。
図版が大きく印刷も全てカラーで代表的な素描はだいたい載ってます。
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