Looking East - Rubens Encounter with Asia, Paperback / softback Book

Looking East - Rubens Encounter with Asia Paperback / softback

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This is a fascinating exploration of the mystery that surrounds of Ruben's most well-known and intriguing drawings.

Peter Paul Rubens was one of the most talented and successful artists working in 17th-century Europe.

During his illustrious career as a court painter and diplomat, Rubens expressed a fascination with exotic costumes and headdresses.

With his masterful handling of black chalk and touches of red, Rubens executed a compelling drawing that features a figure wearing Asian costume - a depiction that has recently been identified as Man in Korean Costume.

Despite the drawings renown - both during Ruben's own lifetime and in contemporary art scholarship - the reasons why it was made and whether it actually depicts a specific Asian person remain a mystery.

The intriguing story that develops involves a shipwreck, an unusual hat, the earliest trade between Europe and Asia, the trafficking of Asian slave, and Jesuit missionaries.

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