e skill possessed by artists of those times. You really have to look deeply at the paintings to understand exactly what is going on and to appreciate all of the fine details. For my class, we are supposed to pick a painting that we see in Brussels and do an in depth paper about it. So far, my favorite painting is called "Massacre of the Innocents" by Rubens, because the history behind the painting is pretty interesting, but not widely known. The painting depicts a bunch of babies being killed by some men. Apparently, after feeling that his reign was threatened by the birth of "Jesus" , Herod the Great ordered that all children under the age of two were to be killed, in hopes that Jesus would be one of them. Thus, the name is "Massacre of the Innocents."
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Rubens Exhibit
Yesterday Garret, Matt, Adam, and I went to the Rubens exhibit at the art museum. We got free tickets from this Belgian dude in our class, so we figured we should go check it out. Not being really into art, I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy this too much. After looking through his paintings, however, I realized th
e skill possessed by artists of those times. You really have to look deeply at the paintings to understand exactly what is going on and to appreciate all of the fine details. For my class, we are supposed to pick a painting that we see in Brussels and do an in depth paper about it. So far, my favorite painting is called "Massacre of the Innocents" by Rubens, because the history behind the painting is pretty interesting, but not widely known. The painting depicts a bunch of babies being killed by some men. Apparently, after feeling that his reign was threatened by the birth of "Jesus" , Herod the Great ordered that all children under the age of two were to be killed, in hopes that Jesus would be one of them. Thus, the name is "Massacre of the Innocents."
e skill possessed by artists of those times. You really have to look deeply at the paintings to understand exactly what is going on and to appreciate all of the fine details. For my class, we are supposed to pick a painting that we see in Brussels and do an in depth paper about it. So far, my favorite painting is called "Massacre of the Innocents" by Rubens, because the history behind the painting is pretty interesting, but not widely known. The painting depicts a bunch of babies being killed by some men. Apparently, after feeling that his reign was threatened by the birth of "Jesus" , Herod the Great ordered that all children under the age of two were to be killed, in hopes that Jesus would be one of them. Thus, the name is "Massacre of the Innocents."
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