Rubens Vs Rembrandt - the ultimate battle royal!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

[fudge stripe cookays]

1. Rubens.

He made zaftig women an art form. Gotta love him for that.

His "Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus" has always helped with my body image.

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[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. I love that image - *drool*

oooo - rubensesque

[Crankie Avalon]

2. They're BOTH great...

...must we make them to fight?:cry: ;-)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. DECIDE!!!!

[Crankie Avalon]

8. OK, OK...

...Rembrandt. :scared:

[Don Claybrook]

3. Paul Reubens vs. The Rembrandts?

I'm not really into Pee Wee Hermann OR the theme from the Friends television show.

So I choose: Other, Salvador Dali.

[MuseRider]

4. Gotta say Rembrandt.

I never really appreciated his work until I walked into a room full of them in St. Petersburg. I could have stayed in that room all day. I felt like I had seen true genius. I love art, appreciate most of it and have a real love for contemporary works. Never really gave Rembrandt a second thought until that moment. I guess by virtue of this post you can see how powerful his work was to me.

[Flaxbee]

13. Ooooh! Were you at the Hermitage?

The Rembrandt room? Yes! It's astounding. The Hermitage is truly mind-boggling, but once I got to Rembrandt I just sat down and savored the paintings, and stayed there. The Metropolitan has a nice selection, too; when I lived in NYC I'd go visit Rembrandt every week.


Rubens is great, too, but for light and shadow, and for portraiture, Rembrandt can't be beat. When you look at his portraits and self-portraits, it is as if you're looking at a living, breathing person in front of you. Rembrant was simply peerless.

[MuseRider]

14. Yes, that room is stunning.

The light in his paintings is something you just can't really see in a picture book. There was so much great art there and I was on overload and not a Rembrandt fan. I do not think I have ever been so moved, perhaps because I was not expecting it. It was then I truly understood why he is called a master.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Rubens runs over Rembrandt

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[lpbk2713]

9. My favorite ---- you can actually sense the movement in this

[Red State Rebel]

10. Where do I vote for Thomas Kinkaid?

The painter of light!!! Have you no sense of REAL art????

hehehehehe!

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. Rembrandt

he is the ultimate in use of light and shadow


next to Kinkaide ---that is

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

15. Next to Carravagio - Kinkaide is a world below both of these Titans

Please!

[Fleurs du Mal]

12. Please...Rembrandt hands down.

[Redleg]

16. Paul Reuben is a git. Rembrandt doesn't have the baggage.

I am surprised that Pee Wee can paint so well. Looks like a Dutch Master to me.