‎Peter C. Sutton ; Marjorie E. Wieseman ; David Freedberg.‎
‎THE AGE OF RUBENS.‎

‎Art, Music and Spectacle in the Age of Rubens‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2013 Hardback, VIII 351 p., 203 b/w ill. 35 colour ill., CD, 210 x 280 mm Languages: English, Fine copy. ISBN 9781905375837.‎

‎This volume presents an interdisciplinary study of the triumphal entry of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand into Antwerp in 1635, and pays special attention to Rubens?s monumental arches and oil sketches that ornamented the entry. This volume deals with the triumphal entry of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, brother of King Philip IV of Spain, into Antwerp in 1635, one of the largest and most spectacular festivals ever mounted in an early modern city. The outdoor festivities in honor of the city?s new governor included a citywide procession, performances, fireworks, music, and political speeches. Along the processional route appeared nine richly ornamented stages and arches designed by Peter Paul Rubens and executed by a group of local painters and sculptors, including Jacob Jordaens, Theodoor van Thulden, and Jan van den Hoecke. To commemorate the event, the city commissioned a lavish festival book, entitled the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi (1641), which contains learned commentaries by Jan Gaspar Gevaerts, a city official and Latinist, as well as folio engravings by Theodoor van Thulden after Rubens's stages. More than a simple description of the event, Gevaerts? volume offers a rich compilation of references to ancient writers and reproductions of ancient coins.While most literature on the subject has focused on Rubens?s nine monumental arches and his twelve preparatory oil sketches for the designs, this volume will examine the entry and its accompanying festival book as a whole. A group of highly distinguished specialists from different disciplines will discuss the entry and Gevaerts? book from a myriad of viewpoints, including art, architecture, music, theater, history, politics, classical knowledge, and economic and intellectual networks. It is the first time that the entry will be examined from a truly interdisciplinary perspective. The book draws on a wide variety of primary sources, including Rubens?s preparatory oil sketches, Gevaerts? festival book, pamphlets describing the entry, and political songs from the period. Contributors: Jonathan Israel (Princeton), Peter Miller (Bard Graduate Center), Bart Ramakers (Groningen), Louis Grijp (Utrecht), Anne Woollett (Getty), Anna Knaap (Emmanuel College, Boston), Michael Putnam (Brown), Carmen Arnold-Biucchi (Harvard), Frank Fehrenbach (Hamburg), Caroline van Eck (Leiden), Ivan Gaskell (Bard Graduate Center) Table of Contents Introduction: Anna C. Knaap, Emmanuel College, Boston Part I: Historical Background and Intellectual Milieu 1. Rubens, Antwerp, and the Fight for Domination of the World Trade System (1572-1650)? Jonathan Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 2. Peiresc, Rubens, and Visual Culture, c. 1620? Peter N. Miller, Bard Graduate Center, New York Part II: Music, Vernacular Theater and Performance 3. Ferdinand?s Triumph and the Vernacular Dramatic Tradition Bart Ramakers, University of Groningen 4. Music Performed in the Triumphal Entry of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand into Antwerp (1635)? Louis P. Grijp, Utrecht University Part III: Art and Enlivenment 5. The Unmoved Mover? Frank Fehrenbach, University of Hamburg 6. Animation and Petrifaction in Rubens?s Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi? Caroline van Eck, Leiden University Part IV: Classical Antiquity 7. Virgil and the Pompa Introitus Ferdinand ?Michael C. J. Putnam, Brown University 8. Coins and Classical Imagery in the Time of Rubens: The Stage of Welcome in the Pompa Introitus Ferdinand?Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Harvard Art Museums Part V: Rubens?s Oil Sketches: Preparation and Display 9. The Burden of Invention: Rubens and the Stage of Welcome ?Anne T. Woollett, J. Paul Getty Museum 10. Being True to Rubens ?Ivan Gaskell, Bard Graduate Center, New York Appendix 1: Track list Audio CD performed by The Imperial Trumpets, La Caccia and Camerata TrajectinaAppendix 2: Explanation of Audio CD? Louis P. Grijp Appendix 3: Song texts of Audio CD with short introductions‎

‎FLEMISH DRAWINGS IN THE AGE OF RUBENS. SELECTED WORKS FROM AMERICAN COLLECTIONS,‎

‎, Massachusetts, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, 1993, 1993 Bound, half cloth and cardboard, colour frontispice, 250 x 355mm., 252pp., profoundly illustrated in colour and b/w.‎

‎The exhibition was held in Wellesley, October 15- November 28, 1993 and at The Cleveland Museum of Art, January 4 - February 20, 1994. Book is in good condition.‎

‎The age of Rubens‎

‎Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 1994 630pp. richly illustrated in colour and bl/w, 33cm., hardcover (publisher's cloth), illustrated dustwrapper, Good condition, [Exhibition catalogue containing some important essays regarding Rubens], weight is 4kg. (extra shipping expenses might be required), S79061‎

‎Flemish drawings in the age of Rubens. Selected works from American collections‎

‎Wellesley, Davis Museum and cultural center 1993 252pp.with ills., 36cm., editor's hardcover, Exhibition catalogue (Wellesley College October 15 - November 28 1993 & The Cleveland Museum of Art January 4 - February 20 1994), very good condition, S85647‎

‎Age of Rubens Diplomacy, Dynastic Politics and the Visual Arts in Early Seventeenth-Century Europe‎

‎, Brepols, 2016 Softcover ,IV+302 pages ., 81 b/w ill. + 21 colour ill., 210 x 297 mm Languages: English, French. ISBN 9782503549484.‎

‎This thoroughly interdisciplinary collection of essays explores the multi-faceted relationship between international politics, diplomacy and the visual arts that developed during the early seventeenth century. Several chapters provide major re-evaluations of the career of Peter Paul Rubens as an artistdiplomat, based on previously neglected manuscript sources and a deepened analysis of the social and political environments in which he operated. Other contributors focus on Rubens?s contemporary court artists, such as Anthony van Dyck, Guido Reni and Diego Velazquez. In addition to providing original interpretations of several important paintings and painting cycles, the volume examines such topics as the evolution of personified images of nationality, representations of dynastic marriages, the material culture of royal bridal trousseaus, the importance of details of costume and colour to the visual codes of baroque courts, and the roles played by artists within court societies. Ranging across Western Europe, from England to the Low Countries, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, these essays demonstrate conclusively the subtlety and complexity of visual communication within early baroque court societies, which enabled artists to convey complex political messages through paintings. The contributors to this volume display a variety of methodological approaches, demonstrating many different ways in which historical research can be fruitfully integrated with art historical analysis to generate new insights into both the visual culture and the politics of baroque Europe. Luc Duerloo is professor of early modern political history at the University of Antwerp. His current research focuses on the Court of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella, their international policies and artistic patronage. His monograph Dynasty and Piety: Archduke Albert (1598?1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars (2012) won the Filips van Marnix van Sint Aldegonde Prize for History, and was translated into Spanish as El archiduque Alberto: Piedad y politica dinastica durante las guerras de religion (2015). R. Malcolm Smuts is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His publications include Court Culture and the Origins of a Royalist Tradition in Early Stuart England (1987), Culture and Power in England 1585?1685, and numerous articles and edited collections dealing with the political and cultural history of early modern England and Europe. ‎