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Rembrandt Van Rijn
Ausstellung: Rembrandt | Die britische Entdeckung des Lehrers Datum: 7. Juli – 14. Oktober 2018 Museum: Schottische Nationalgalerie, Edinburgh, UK Zu einer Zeit, als die Schiffe mächtiger Handelsherren die andere Seite der Weltkugel erreichten und die Kontore im Fernen Osten neuen Reichtum verhießen, hatte der holländische Müller Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn nur Augen für seinen Sohn, der am 15. Juli 1606 in Leiden in ein Zeitalter hineingeboren wurde, das alle Voraussetzungen für die Entfaltung außerordentlicher Persönlichkeiten und Schicksale bot. Der Junge, der bald nur nach seinem ersten Vornamen Rembrandt gerufen wurde, fühlte und entwickelte schon früh eine künstlerische Begabung, die seinen Lehrern nicht verborgen blieb. Nach Absolvierung der Lateinschule in…
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Shelley’s Art Musings – Spotlight on Rembrandt
When you look at art throughout the ages, there is nothing quite so extravagant as the late renaissance moving through to the Baroque period. The artwork is indulgent and highly detailed, with every aspect of the frame covered. Rembrandt was known as a master of this field, producing elaborate self-portraits and depictions of biblical scenes embedded his name in the art world for the ages. Born Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn in 1606, he was the son of a miller and was able to attend a Latin school. At the age of 14, he began to study at the University of Leiden, but finding academia was not for him, he took…
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Rembrandt Van Rijn
Exposition: Rembrandt | La Découverte Britannique du Maître Date: 7 juillet – 14 octobre 2018 Lieu : Scottish National Gallery, Édimbourg, Royaume-Uni. La postérité se chargea de venger Rembrandt de l’oubli où il était tombé. On aurait tort d’ailleurs d’accuser outre mesure ses contemporains de leur indifférence. L’art de Rembrandt était trop original, trop opposé aux idées reçues pour que ses contemporains puissent l’apprécier, et son caractère un peu ombrageux et très entier n’était guère fait pour les attirer. Il avait, dans ses allures, des singularités qui les scandalisaient. Excessif en toutes choses, son tempérament montre bien des incohérences et des contradictions. Ce fut un fantaisiste, incapable d’administrer ses affaires…
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Rembrandt Van Rijn
Rembrandt is so deeply mysterious that he says things for which there are no words in any language (Vincent Van Gogh)
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Shelley’s Art Musings – Spotlight on Alphonse Mucha
There is something decadently elegant about the Art Nouveau movement. Removed from the academic and classical styles which were so readily seen at the turn of the century, this style had a freedom and flow which had an underlying statement of love and beauty. The curvaceous forms and looping lines of the style accentuate the pieces and lent itself to not just retinal artwork, but home design and architectural displays. Alphonse Mucha, was the father of this movement, with the style being called ‘Le Style Mucha’ when it first came into the public domain, he became famous in this field almost by accident. Mucha hated the term ‘Art Nouveau’ as…
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Rembrandt Van Rijn
"Impossible not to come away spellbound"
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Bikini Story
Sea you soon…..
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Shelley’s Art Musing – Greek Myth Influences on Art
When thinking about Greek myths, or any myths, legends or religion for that matter, you probably have some very defined ideas of what the characters in those stories look like. For example, if I were writing about Zeus, you would probably be thinking of an aging yet muscular, bearded man, with a thunderbolt in one hand and an animal of some kind around him. If I were to have said Jesus, you would have thought of a dark-haired, bearded gentleman in a white robe and a halo of light around his head. These are accepted symbols and images used in the art world to portray figures of mythological or religious…
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New releases – Artist Biographies
Explore full biographies, and view photos of notable artists such as Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Piet Mondrian, Vincent Van Gogh, etc.
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Shelley’s Art Musings – Book Review: Greek Sculpture by Edmund Von Mach
I am a huge fan of Greek art and mythology, and really the two things go hand in hand. The mythology element helped shape many of the stories and language that we still know and use today and the artworks heavily influenced art movements in the western world, so it would make sense for any art lover to have, at least a rudimentary understanding of both. Edmund Von Mach has created a great read which covers the techniques and principles of Greek sculpture, but I would say that this is aimed at those who already understand the mythology which inspired the artists, there sculptures not only acting as things of…
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