Rubens' vision for the Luxembourg Palace
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Marie de Medici commissioned a series of twenty-four paintings intended as an allegorical cycle of her life from the artist Peter Paul Rubens in 1622. This thesis proposes that the cycle does not have just one intention or interpretation, but rather is purposely ambiguous. Marie de Medici and Peter Paul Rubens altered the interpretations utilizing numerous subjective icons and installing the life cycle within the controlled environment of Marie de Medici's private residence in the Palais-Luxembourg. The paintings were intentionally obtuse and complex and could be variously interpreted depending upon the viewer's relationship to the Queen.
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Introduction -- The commission -- The galleries -- Conclusion
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MA (Master of Arts)
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