Friday, November 1, 2013

Equilibrium, 2002.  
Starring Christian Bale and Taye Diggs
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In the scenes below, you can clearly see a painting behind Christian Bale's character, John Preston, and another behind Angus Mcfadyen's character, Dupont.  When I first saw the paintings, I knew immediately who the artist was.  But after some investigation, I found an interesting revelation about each painting.

 
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Los_horrores_de_la_guerra.jpg
Consequences of War, also known as Horrors of War,[1] was executed between 1638-1639 by Peter Paul Rubens in oil paint on canvas. It was painted for Ferdinando II de' Medici. Although commissioned by an Italian, art historians characterize both the work and the artist as Flemish Baroque. It serves as a commentary on a European continent ravaged by the Thirty Years' War, and the artist employed numerous symbols, both contemporary and ancient, to deplore the state of the continent.  (Wikipedia)
 As you can see above, the painting behind Bale is very similar to the original by Peter Paul Rubens.  The difference being the figure added on the lower left hand corner and the other figure altered on the lower right hand corner..otherwise it is almost identical.

http://www.mystudios.com/artgallery/paintings/101001-101500/101120/size1.jpg
Title: The allegory on the blessings of Peace Artist:   Start Date: 1629  Completion Date:1630  Style: Baroque  Genre: allegorical painting Technique: oil  Material: canvas Dimensions: 204 x 298 cm  Gallery: National Gallery, London, UK
 The scene above depicts another reproduction of Peter Paul Ruben's painting The Allegory on the Blessings of Peace.  As you can see, the reproduction in the movie is almost a mirror image depicting the two female characters facing opposite directions from the original. Some of the other characters were kept  but some where removed to accomodate the new composition. Yet it is undeniable that it is a reproduction of a Rubens masterpiece.






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