Peter Paul Rubens Baroque Saint Paintings Part 2

  Peter Paul Rubens Baroque Saint Paintings Part 2

Back to Peter Paul Rubens, in this painting we see St. John the Baptist's infamous beheading. The beheading has just taken place. You can see the blood drip from his wound. Salome is nearby being offered the head. One of her maids is shocked. The old hag is giving a sneer toward Salome. Meanwhile, the executioner is sheathing his blade. What is awesome is the pose of the hands of St. John. They seem to be frozen in pain. As for the head, it looks peaceful. The agony is finally over. 5 stars for this gory saints painting.

Here is a very elaborate conversion of St. Paul. Like we all know, Jesus knocked him off his high horse. Its pretty cool the shocked reaction of St. Paul's troops. They where in the middle of hunting some Christians when God intervened. The humans don't get what's going on. However, the horses are getting spooked. They feel God's presence and are afraid. Truly, this dynamic baroque painting deserves 5 stars rating.

Thinking about it, this is more of a Virgin Mary kind of painting. Basically, a legion of cherubs is flying over the hair the image of the virgin. Around them, the entire heavenly court of angels are adoring the Virgin. Well, she is the mother of God and we all love our mothers. In any case, this lovely painting deserves 5 stars rating.

You can tell that someone has been blessed by the lord when they start bringing people to life. Here St. Francis has just revived someone. You can see him at the bottom of the painting. His sister, wife and mother are tending to him. Behind them, we see a mother bringing to the Saint her dead baby. You can tell that he is dead because of his blueish hue. There is not a shadow of a doubt that the lil baby is dead. In any case, this miraculous painting deserves 5 stars rating.

This painting is rather simple. Basically, we see St. Peter with the keys of heaven. Really, any weirdo could recognize this guy. Then again, the whole Mannerism ambiguity was thrown out the window in the Baroque period. Now, art was accessible to the plebeians. In any case, this lovely saint painting deserves 5 stars rating.

This dragon battle looks really cool. It is a wonder how Rubens designed this beast. Behind the saint, we see a lady in distress. You can't have a dragon battle without a lady in the scene. In any case, this totally awesome painting deserves 5 stars rating.

I bet this hermit is seriously reconsidering his celibacy. I am not too familiar of the content of this painting. However, it does show the strain that was put on all the clergy who where forced into celibacy. Yeah, that was a new development. It was not mandatory, until recently. I think Catholicism could go back to being hilarious if they toned down the whole celibacy thing. In any case, this hot saintly painting by Peter Paul Rubens deserves 5 stars rating.

Well, here we see a random saint rising up to the heavens. At his feet, we see the Bible. Above him, a cherub is pointing him in the right direction. Truly, this heavenly painting is 5 stars worthy.

In this painting, we see St. Thomas about to be slain by an angry roman mob. A dagger is about to strike his neck. It seems they want to crucify him. His gaze is toward the cute little cherubs. They are giving him a sacred palm and a crown of Victory. Ironically, that Victory crown is a Greek thing. In any case, this dramatic painting deserves 5 stars rating.

St. Ignatius was the founding father of the Jesuits. They are the best priestly order of the Catholic church. Today, they are mostly known for their super cool schools. They pride themselves in their knowledge of science, math, astronomy, ect. In a nutshell, they are the educated priestly order. In this painting, the father is curing the sick or bringing dead people back to life. In any case, this cool looking saintly painting by Rubens gets 5 stars rating.

This painting is part of Rubens single saint portraits. As such, all we get is the saint with his symbols. Its part of the whole realism deal the was pop during the baroque times. 5 stars.

Here is the second version of the painting featuring these same saints. He had to remake it because the patrons did not want St. Domitilla to be the center of attention. What a real pity. She still came out pretty cute. She alone looks at the viewer. In any case, this pretty gathering of saints has earned Peter Paul Rubens another 5 stars.

Well, here is the last painting , for now. Basically, we see St. Jerome. He is sporting a Cardinal attire. You know, nothing too far out there. This painting has quite the lose brushstroke. I guess it was made in his later part of life. Well, this last little number gets 5 stars rating. I hope that I humored you, even a lil bit. Ah, today is such a boring slow day.