Kalidonskogo hunting

From the second decade of the 17th century enhanced the drama of the compositions of Rubens. The movement of plastics, pathetic gestures are highlighted by the expression of fluttering tissue, wild life of nature. Complex compositions are constructed asymmetrically on the diagonal, ellipse, spiral, on the opposition of light and dark tones, contrasts of colour, with many intertwined undulating lines and arabesques uniting and permeating the group. Painting by Peter Paul Rubens "the Caledonian boar hunting" is a clear indication of the above. Rubens often turned to the themes of man's struggle with nature, to scenes of hunting, "boar Hunting" (Dresden Art gallery), "Hunting lions" (about 1615, Munich, Alte Pinakothek; the sketch — Leningrad, Hermitage). The fury of the fight, physical and spiritual stress brought to the limit of intensity. Awe the life of the painter in all the phenomena of the material world, its natural forms.