Blah blah Rubens

[yuuago]

When I was in Brussels, I went to the Royal Museum(s) of Fine Art. And it was pretty damn awesome. (Seriously, would recommend. Lots of neat stuff, and it's huge.)

But the thing that struck me after going through the Old Masters section was that the painting that had made the most impression on me was one that I normally wouldn't expect.

Four Studies of a Head of a Moor by Rubens.

It's kind of an unobtrusive painting; rather small compared to some of the other ones there. Not exactly vibrant or a visual spectacle. But I really like it; it's very... expressive.

But aside from that, one of the reasons it surprised me that this is the one that stuck with me is that - I usually really dislike Rubens' work. Very skilled guy, I can't deny that, but his stuff usually isn't to my taste. The word that comes to mind for a lot of his work is "fleshy"... It just doesn't do anything for me. But this one, this one I like.

Anyway. Proper thoughts about the trip in general will follow soon... ish... Well, some time during this week. Right now I'm still too tired.