Wednesday, September 28, 2016

ART THAT TELLS STORIES


EACH WORK IN RUBENS' SERIES ON QUEEN MARIE DE MEDICIS ILLUSTRATES A DRAMA. 

Explain that nudity is the clothing of the gods, that the figures are superhuman and imaginary and that corpulence shows prosperity. 

  • For children: a feisty queen, a prince, princesses and monsters

"The monster is the bad guy whom the queen defeated."

  • For teens and adults, political messages...



...that highlight rulers, then the people
 and that a new elite adapts and drops
 when it feels secure enough to invent its own code. 
   
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