Lights, camera, Rubens! “Rubens: Picturing Antiquity” at the Getty Villa by Bondo Wyszpolski The Marvel Superheroes of yesteryear were the gods and goddesses of…
Paintings and drawings by Rubens reunite with antiquities that inspired them The Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens’s (1577-1640) passion for the classical past shaped his personal values and provided him with powerful artistic inspiration. Rubens: Picturing Antiquity at the Getty Villa Museum this fall is the first exhibition to focus on Rubens’ fascination with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. This single-venue presentation demonstrates some of the intriguing ways in which .