Peter Paul Rubens and William Shakespeare

By: Gino Ramasci and Evan Marks

Peter Paul Rubens• Born on June 28, 1577• Died on May 30, 1640• Born in Siegen, Germany• His Father was Jan Rubens, who was a

Calvinist, and his mother was Maria Pypelinks.

• His family was protestant, and Siegen was against protestant so they went to Cologne.

• He was always interested in Art and literature throughout his whole life, as he studied and was taught by many famous painters. Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens: Early Life

• About ten years after Peter was born, his family had moved back to where they were from which was Cologne.

• About a year later, Peter’s dad died and him and his mother moved to Antwerp.

• He was raised to be a Christian and was one of the leading voices of the Catholic Counter- Reformation style of painting.

• He received a humanist education studying literature early in his life. Peter Paul Rubens

Traveling to Italy• Peter went on an expedition to

Italy traveling to different cities, gaining experience.

• First, he stopped in Venice, then went to Mantua where he had settled down.

• These travels had a huge affect on Rubens. Many of the artist he met such as Titian had a great impact on his style of painting.

• In Italy, he mainly studied Greek and Roman art.

Drunken Hercules

The Head Of Medusa

Famous Works: Venus and Adonis

• This piece of art does a great job at showing what art was like during the Renaissance Period.

• This figure look idealized and perfect and their bodies look like they are moving.

• Mostly nude and their faces are showing emotion.

• This work involves nature as it looks very realistic and the background in this work is very full and detailed.

Venus And Adonis

William Shakespeare• He was baptized on April 26,

1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England

• No birth records exist, is believed he was born on or near April 23, 1564

• He was educated at the King’s School

• He was married to Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582

• They had twins together

Shakespeare

• He began as a actor and playwright in London in 1592

• By 1597, 15 of his 37 plays had been published

• His early plays used metaphors and were mainly histories such as

Richard II• Some of his most famous works

include Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello and The Merchant of Venice

• He died on April 23, 1615• In his will, he left most of his belongings to his eldest daughter,

Susanna• He is often considered the greatest dramatist of all time

Shakespeare and the Renaissance• He went along with the Renaissance by focusing on mainly human

characters such as in Hamlet• He used his knowledge of Greek and Roman classics to help him write• He began to disregard social structure and focus on his characters

themselves• He also focused on individuality

• One of his most famous works to this day is the Merchant of Venice

• It was written between 1596 and 1598

• It is a romantic comedy• It was first performed in 1605• It centers around a man who

borrows money and cannot pay it back

• It also centers around self interest versus love

From Europe

born in the 1500s and died in the 1600s

thrived during the Renaissance

Shakespeare

• Was a poet and playwright

• From the United Kingdom

• Born in 1564

Peter Paul Rubens

• Was a painter• From Germany• Born in 1577

Bibliography

• http://www.peterpaulrubens.org/• http://www.william-shakespeare.info/