DU2068 Seminar: Peter Paul Rubens: Life - Work - Reception

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Valeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tomáš Valeš, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 L33, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
The course assumes a basic orientation in the history of European art in a global context.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the work of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). The course will explore various aspects of Rubens' work, including painting, printmaking, and invention, within a broader geographical context known as the "Atlantic World." In addition to traditional approaches to artistic production, focusing on iconography and patronage, the course will also consider topics like the transfer of ideas, gender, and period taste.
Learning outcomes
Students: will have a detailed knowledge of the work of Peter Paul Rubens will be better oriented in Flemish art of the 17th century will be familiar with period artistic and workshop practice will be able to view the topics under study from different methodological perspectives
Syllabus
  • Topics of introductory classes: 1) Historiography, Rubens and Flemish art 2) Predecessors, teachers, and art in the Netherlands in the 16th century 3) Rubens and Central Europe Topics of student presentations: 4) Rubens and new forms of religious imagery (iconography, form and function) 5) Rubens and mythology (literary sources, subjects, collectors) 6) Rubens and "other hands" (collaboration with other artists and workshop praxis) 7) Rubens and festivities (invention and participation) 8) Rubens and women (objects, patrons, colleagues) 9) Rubens and printmaking (inspiration, marketing, and transfer) 10) After Rubens ("legacy," students, reception)
Literature
  • KWAKKELSTEIN, Michael W. Rubens : study heads and anatomical studies. Edited by Nils Büttner - Brecht Vanoppen. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2021, 218 stran. ISBN 9780905203805. info
  • MEIER, Hans Jakob and Jeremy WOOD. Die Kunst der Interpretation : Rubens und die Druckgraphik. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2020, 423 stran. ISBN 9783422980648. info
  • LYON, J. Vanessa. Figuring faith and female power in the art of Rubens. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020, 248 stran. ISBN 9789462985513. info
  • Peter Paul Rubens und der Barock im Norden : Katalog zur Ausstellung im Erzbischöflichen Diözesanmuseum Paderborn. Edited by Petrus Paulus Rubens - Christoph Stiegemann. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2020, 575 stran. ISBN 9783731909569. info
  • HOUT, Nico van. Rubens : study heads and anatomical studies. Edited by Bert Schepers - Brecht Vanoppen. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2020, 382 stran. ISBN 9781912554676. info
  • HOUT, Nico van. Rubens : study heads and anatomical studies. Edited by Bert Schepers - Brecht Vanoppen. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2020, 294 stran. ISBN 9781912554669. info
  • BÜTTNER, Nils. Rubens : allegories and subjects from literature. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2018, 381 stran. ISBN 9781912554126. info
  • BÜTTNER, Nils. Rubens : allegories and subjects from literature. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2018, 471 stran. ISBN 9780905203683. info
  • Rubens : the power of transformation. Edited by Gerlinde Gruber - Sabine Haag - Stefan Weppelmann - Jochen Sander. Munich: Hirmer, 2017, 309 stran. ISBN 9783777428581. info
  • LUSHECK, Catherine H. Rubens and the eloquence of drawing. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017, xxxi, 288. ISBN 9781472477125. info
  • KLEINERT, Corina. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) and his landscapes: ideas on nature and art. Turnhout: Brepols, 2014, 397 stran. ISBN 9782503550381. info
  • SAUERLÄNDER, Willibald. The catholic Rubens : saints and martyrs. Translated by David B. Dollenmayer. Los Angeles: The Getty Research Institute, 2014, 311 stran. ISBN 9781606062685. info
  • Art, music and spectacle in the age of Rubens : the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi. Edited by Anna C. Knaap - Michael C. J. Putnam. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2013, viii, 351. ISBN 9781905375837. info
  • GEORGIEVSKA-SHINE, Aneta. Rubens and the archaeology of myth, 1610-1620 : visual and poetic memory. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, xiii, 223. ISBN 9780754667711. info
  • WOOLLETT, Anne T. and Ariane van SUCHTELEN. Rubens & Brueghel : a working friendship. Edited by Tiarna Doherty - Mark Leonard - Jørgen Wadum. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006, xiii, 274. ISBN 0892368470. info
  • Rubens : a master in the making. Edited by David Jaffé - Elizabeth McGrath - Minna A. Moore Ede. 1. pub. London: National Gallery, 2005, 207 s. ISBN 1857093267. info
  • BELKIN, Kristin Lohse and Fiona HEALY. A House of art : Rubens as collector. Edited by Petrus Paulus Rubens - Jeffrey M. Muller. First published. Antwerp: Rubenshuis & Rubenianum, 2004, 342 stran. ISBN 9076704708. info
  • SUTTON, Peter C. and Marjorie E. WIESEMAN. Drawn by the brush : oil sketches by Peter Paul Rubens. Edited by Nico van Hout. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, 272 stran. ISBN 0300106262. info
  • DONOVAN, Fiona. Rubens and England. New Haven: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 2004, vii, 188. ISBN 0300095066. info
  • WOOD, Jeremy. Rubens drawing on Italy. Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland, 2002, 95 stran. ISBN 1903278317. info
  • D'HULST, Roger-Adolf and Marc VANDENVEN. Rubens : the old testament. Translated by P. S. Falla. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 1989, 402 stran. ISBN 090520364X. info
  • ROWLANDS, John. Rubens : drawings and sketches : catalogue of an exhibition at the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, 1977. London: British Museum Publications, 1977, 176 stran. ISBN 0714107549. info
Teaching methods
Presentations, study of texts, discussions, field trips.
Assessment methods
Active participation in classes, presentations, and discussions on the selected topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.

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