... each character in the middle of some type of task, such as he depicted in his famous work The Raising of the Cross. Rubens had an international reputation as the "gentleman" artist. He was not only admired for his creative work as an artist, but was also given diplomatic duties in the negotiations for a peace treaty between the Spanish Netherlands and ... . Rubens was similar to Gentilesche and Caravaggio in that he painted mostly traditional religious themes with a vigor and exuberance not formerly associated with these topics. Ruben's style has come to define the animation, dramatizati...

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