The other Rubens: activities / interests / world

Clear answers to fresh questions about the fascinating figure of Rubens.
New light on the remarkable personality, versatile interests and mastery of Rubens.
On 28 June 1577, Pieter Paul Rubens was supposedly born in Siegen, Germany, three hundred kilometres from Antwerp: that is what is usually stated, but is that really the case? Finally, this book, which poses fresh questions about Rubens' life and formulates new, nuanced answers, independent of existing fantasies. It is aimed primarily at those who want to become acquainted with the true story behind the artist without prejudice. For specialists, another, unsuspected Rubens also appears. Because the author evokes environmental factors that influenced the artist 'along the way'. A fascinating image of the renowned painter-diplomat, but also of, among others, an avid collector, a 'city architect' idealist, a theatre builder, a landscape architect, a remarkable personality with a sense of humour...
More than a hundred four-colour illustrations are as many visual notes to the analysis. Word and image thus shed new light on the remarkable personality, the versatile interests and the mastery of Rubens. That is precisely why this book is different from just another book about Rubens.
Dr. RUTGER TIJS studied architecture at the Antwerp University College and
urban development and spatial planning at the KULeuven. As a planner he is affiliated with the Urban Development Company in Antwerp.