RUBENS

Author: Yu Yan
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Because of Rubens' profound understanding of life and his exploration of the art of the human body, he was regarded as someone who shook the prevailing doctrines and violated social norms (yet despite this, he left a deep impression on Bellori in many aspects). By the late 17th century, Roger de Paillet, a renowned art critic and also the leader of the "Rubensian school" (a new French painting and art theory movement), praised Rubens as an outstanding master of color use. Like the proponents of the hedonistic aesthetic view of the 18th century, Roger de Paillet also believed that color was the "soul of painting" and that it had to "satisfy the needs of the eyes," which was the fundamental purpose of art.