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Abstract
This paper will discuss the development and technique of painting flesh in a number of works by Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678), a highly successful Antwerp painter greatly influenced by Peter Paul Rubens. Jordaens relied heavily on Rubens in his formative years until around 1618, and on the experience that Rubens brought to Antwerp from Italy after working for aristocratic patrons in Mantua, Rome and other Italian cities (fig. 1). While Irene Schaudies in her essay for this volume focuses on the influence of Rubens’ models on Jordaens’ Bacchic figures, this essay shall attempt to demonstrate how Jordaens, later in his long career, structured his layers of flesh paints in a very different and somewhat less economical way compared to Rubens. The question of the extent to which Jordaens modelled his own treatment of human flesh on Rubens’ influence will be investigated in the context of contemporary written source material on the visual representation of flesh.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Rubens and the Human Body |
Editors | Cordula van Wyhe |
Number of pages | 26 |
Place of Publication | Turnhout |
Publisher | Brepols Publishers |
Publication date | Jun 2018 |
Pages | 103-128 |
Commissioning body | University of York |
ISBN (Print) | 978-2-503-57775-3 |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
Event | Rubens and the Human Body - University of York, York, United Kingdom Duration: 17 Sept 2010 → 18 Sept 2010 https://www.codart.nl/guide/exhibitions/rubens-and-the-human-body/ |
Conference
Conference | Rubens and the Human Body |
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Location | University of York |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | York |
Period | 17/09/2010 → 18/09/2010 |
Internet address |
Series | The Body in Art (BIA) |
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Number | 3 |
Bibliographical note
This book is the first comprehensive investigation of the most paradigmatic aspect of Baroque visual culture: the Rubensian nude.Did contemporary audiences recognise the sensuously painted ‘Rubensian body’ as a particular, if not peculiar, artistic repertoire? How can we best understand seventeenth-century practises of reading and viewing the Rubensian body? Can our criteria for eroticism be linked with that of Rubens? Was the body a ‘fluid’ category for Rubens and where does the boundary of the human body lie? It is hoped that these investigative questions will lead to a detailed evaluation about the paradigmatic status of the Rubensian body and whether we are justified in stressing its singularity within seventeenth-century Flemish and the broader early modern European visual culture.
Activities
- 1 Lecture and oral contribution
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Painted flesh by Rubens and Jordaens
Wadum, J. (Speaker) & Haack Christensen, A. (Other)
1 Feb 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Becoming Famous - Peter Paul Rubens
Diefenthaler, S. (Approving authority), Büttner, N. (Approving authority) & Wadum, J. (PI)
20/03/2020 → 20/02/2022
Project: Research
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Solid Flesh in Rubens, Jordaens and contemporary Netherlandish artists working in Denmark
Wadum, J. (Project participant) & Haack Christensen, A. (Project participant)
16/08/2010 → 26/05/2013
Project: Research