In his piece Allegory of the Outbreak of War, in which he completed in 1638 show the form of the human body that he grew so famous for, along with the movement and emotion that fills his art with each stroke. We see a piece that was created during the Thirty Years War and the lack of control that each person has for those around them succumbing to the plague that sough wrath on every person in its path. We see the fight that is had between those who are not suffering and those who are passing to the other side, losing the battle to the plague that took so many. Ruben does an impeccable job of capturing the emotion that must have reined true during the time-- the fight, the pain, and the sorrow that each person
In his piece Allegory of the Outbreak of War, in which he completed in 1638 show the form of the human body that he grew so famous for, along with the movement and emotion that fills his art with each stroke. We see a piece that was created during the Thirty Years War and the lack of control that each person has for those around them succumbing to the plague that sough wrath on every person in its path. We see the fight that is had between those who are not suffering and those who are passing to the other side, losing the battle to the plague that took so many. Ruben does an impeccable job of capturing the emotion that must have reined true during the time-- the fight, the pain, and the sorrow that each person