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La Chute de Phaéton (version de Bruxelles) - Rubens - Utpictura18

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Auteur : Rubens, Pierre Paul (1577-1640) Datation : 1636 Source textuelle : Ovide, Métamorphoses, 02 (Phaéthon/Héliades/Callisto/Ocyrhoé/Aglaure/Europe) vv. 150-332 Sujet de l'image : Sujet mythologique.

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Overview

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), one of the greatest masters of the 17th century, painted this masterpiece as a young artist in Rome. Rubens depicted a moment of high drama in this popular Greek myth that was famously recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses (c. 8 AD). Phaeton, the Sun-god Apollo's son, had begged and begged his father to allow him to drive the Chariot of the Sun across the sky. After Apollo finally conceded, his worst fears were confirmed: the rash youth had neither the strength nor the experience to control the chariot and keep it on its regular course through the heavens. The horses bolted in an erratic pattern, so that Earth either froze because the Sun Chariot was too far away, or it was scorched by the Sun's heat. At left, the Horae, butterfly-winged female figures personifying the seasons, which represent the harmony and order of the universe, are reacting in terror as Earth below bursts into flame. Even the great astrological bands that arch through the heavens are disrupted. Outside the picture frame, Jupiter, the supreme god, has just unleashed a thunderbolt aimed at Phaeton in order to save the universe from complete destruction. As the chariot disintegrates and the horses tumble apart, Phaeton plunges to his death.

The story of Phaeton's hubris and subsequent destruction appealed to artists of the period not only for its drama character but also for its allegorical and moralizing implications. Generally, in 16th- and 17th-century publications of the Metamorphoses, the Phaeton legend was seen as a parable on the devastating consequences of pride and lack of moderation. In 1604, Dutch art theorist Karel van Mander interpreted Ovid's story as a recommendation "to keep the middle of the road/steering not too high nor too low." He also presented a political interpretation of the story, noting that the myth teaches us "how damaging it is that sometimes, when children or childlike rulers reign over countries, they cause not only their own ruin, but also that of their community." Such moralizing ideas may underlie Rubens's expressive scene, but his primary interest seems to have been to exploit the full pictorial possibilities of this cosmic drama. A number of pentimenti (changes of composition), visible to the naked eye, indicate that he worked on The Fall of Phaeton over a long period of time. For example, Rubens painted over some of the horses' tangled straps and reins.

Around 1600, Rubens, who had been trained in classical ideals and philosophy, travelled from Antwerp to Italy. In his travels to Venice, Mantua, Genoa, and Rome, he not only studied the cultural riches and artistic movements of antiquity and the great Renaissance masters -among them Tintoretto, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo- but also absorbed the contemporary innovations introduced by artists such as Caravaggio. The inspiration he gained from this multifaceted exposure profoundly affected his own style of painting and became the foundation for his work. The dramatic light, powerful sense of movement, and complex poses in The Fall of Phaeton all exhibit Rubens's genius at assimilating that wide range of pictorial styles and visual motifs and his ability to infuse these with a new dynamism.

Provenance

Probably in the collection of Susanna Willemsens [d. 1657], Antwerp.[1] (possibly General Gansell sale, Christie's, London, 25 February 1775, no. 81 [bought in for £67]).[2] James Du Pre Alexander, 3th earl of Caledon [1812-1855], London, before 1857;[3] by inheritance to his son, James Alexander, 4th earl of Caledon [1846-1898], London; by inheritance to his son, Eric James Desmond Alexander, 5th earl of Caledon [1885-1968], London; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 9 June 1939, no. 24, as by A.J. van Diepenbeck); Mrs. Sanderson, London; S. [Mrs. Gustave] Delbanco, London, by 1954;[4] Gustave Delbanco, London; purchased 5 January 1990 through (Ellin Mitchell, New York) by NGA.

Exhibition History

1977

Peter Paul Rubens, 1577-1640, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 1977, no. 7.

2000

Greek Gods and Heroes in the Age of Rubens and Rembrandt, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens; Dordrechts Museum, 2000-2001, no. 64, repro.

2004

Rubens, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, 2004, no. 13, repro.

2005

Rubens: A Master in the Making, The National Gallery, London, 2005-2006, no. 65, repro.

2013

L'Europe de Rubens, Musée du Louvre-Lens, 2013, no. 121, repro.

Bibliography

1971

Jacoby, Brigitte. "Studien zur Ikonographie des Phaetonmythos." Ph.D. dissertation, Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn, 1971: 165-171, 227, no. 171.

1993

Jaffé, Michael. "Samson Destroying the Temple of Dragon: A Rediscovered Rubens." Apollo 139 (December 1993): 382.

2007

Healy, Fiona. "Loosing Control of the Senses: The Fifth Horse in Rubens's Fall of Phaeton." In Caroline Zöhl and Mara Hofmann, eds. Von Kunst und Temperament. Festschrift für Eberhard König. Turnhout, 2007: 105-118, fig. 1.

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Overview Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), one of the greatest masters of the 17th century, painted this masterpiece as a young artist in Rome. Rubens depicted a moment of high drama in this popular Greek myth that was famously recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses (c. 8 AD).

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O vídeo documenta o processo de criação da escultura Beam Drop, do artista estadunidense Chris Burden, realizada no Instituto Inhotim. Dirigido por Pablo Lobato, o vídeo foi produzido pela Teia. -- O Instituto Inhotim é uma entidade sem fins lucrativos que une arte contemporânea, meio ambiente e iniciativas na área de educação.

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Beam drop commentaire de Sarah  Weyns curator Middleheim Anvers

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Beam drop commentaire de Sarah  Weyns curator Middleheim Anvers

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Chris Burden Beam Drop Antwerpen Middelheim

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Expressionnisme abstrait et action painting

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"Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace)", 55e Biennale internationale d'art contemporain de Venise, exposition collective, Arsenale, 2013

2013
Vidéo (couleur, sonore)
13 min
Musique originale de Joakim
Voix : Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh
Texte écrit en collaboration avec Jacob Bromberg
Producteur : kamel mennour, Paris ; avec le soutien du Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, Paris
Production: Silex Films
Film présenté dans le cadre de l'exposition "Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace)", 55e Biennale de Venise, 2013
Projet développé dans le cadre du Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Program, Washington, D.C.
Remerciements particuliers aux Smithsonian Archives of American Art, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
© Camille Henrot
Courtesy the artist, Silex Films and kamel mennour, Paris

http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/exhibition/55iae/

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Présentation de la vidéo "Grosse Fatigue" de Camille Henrot

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"Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace)", 55e Biennale internationale d'art contemporain de Venise, exposition collective, Arsenale, 2013 2013Vidéo (couleur, sonore)13 minMusique originale de JoakimVoix : Akwetey Orraca-TettehTexte écrit en collaboration avec Jacob BrombergProducteur : kamel mennour, Paris ; avec le soutien du Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, ParisProduction: Silex FilmsFilm

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