Van Hout, Nico et al. — Rubens and His Legacy

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2014. Softcover. Green & color illus. wraps, 352 pp. color & BW illus.; weighs 4 lbs. Issued in conjunction with several 2014-2015 exhibitions of works by Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), and by those additional artists who were influenced by him in the generations that followed. Contents as follows: Rubens and his legacy : an introduction / Nico Van Hout -- Violence / Nico Van Hout -- Power / Alexis Merle du Bourg -- Lust / Gerlinde Gruber -- Compassion / Arturo Galansino -- Elegance / David Howarth -- Poetry / Tim Barringer. Rubens is undoubtedly the most influential Flemish painter. Through reproductions in print, his compositions had an immense impact, even during his lifetime. Himself indebted to Titian, Rubens became a role model to Van Dyck, Rembrandt and Velázquez, and influenced artists well beyond his time, including figures such as Cézanne, Picasso, Bacon and Freud. This stunning new volume explores Rubenss legacy thematically, through a series of sections devoted to Violence, Power, Lust, Compassion, Elegance and Poetry. Illustrating some of the artists most famous paintings alongside great works that bear his influence, each section will link artists across the centuries in their references to Rubens, from Van Dyck and Watteau to Manet, Daumier, Renoir and Van Gogh, as well as Gainsborough, Constable and Turner.--. As New (in shrinkwrap) .