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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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Rembrandt Van Rijn
"Impossible not to come away spellbound"
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Rembrandts Schatten – und wie er England erleuchtete
Die meisten Künstler haben – seien wir ehrlich – einen Schatten. So auch Rembrandt (1606-1669). Das behauptet jedenfalls die Stuttgarter Staatsgalerie und die wird es wohl wissen. Glauben wir ihr also und schließen: Wo Schatten ist, da ist auch Licht. Und genau das war es, was Rembrandt der Nachwelt vermachte – eine nie da gewesene Meisterschaft in der Helldunkel-Malerei. Er nahm also, wo er ihn nun schon einmal hatte, seinen Schatten und warf ihn voraus auf das England des 18. Jahrhunderts. Das wiederum war froh darum, denn um 1700 hatte die englische Kunst noch nicht viel zu bieten. Rembrandt inspirierte die sogenannte „Englische Manier“ und England wurde zu einer ernst…
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Rembrandt et la Tulipomanie
Au XVIIe siècle, pendant que le reste de l’Europe s’enlisait dans divers conflits, la Hollande, appelée Provinces-Unies à l’époque, était en plein essor économique et culturel. Tout y était plus prospère : la tolérance religieuse et la liberté d’opinion étaient de mise, le domaine des sciences progressait, l’art était à son apogée, tant et si bien que cette période fut qualifiée d’âge d’or néerlandais. C’est pendant ce siècle prometteur que vécut Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, plus communément désigné par son seul prénom : Rembrandt. Né le 15 juillet 1606 à Leyde et mort le 4 octobre 1669 à Amsterdam, il est reconnu aujourd’hui comme l’un des plus grands artistes baroques et l’un…
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Rembrandt, the First Modern Painter
Just outside Amsterdam there lives an old, well-known, and respected Dutch painter. He has worked hard throughout his life—but he has only produced, as far as the world knows, a few drawings and one large canvas which is in the National Museum. I went to see his second major work, a triptych of the war. We spoke of war, old age, the vocation of the painter. He opened the door of his studio to let me go in first. The huge canvases were white. After years of work he had that day calmly destroyed them. The second major work of his life was still unfinished. The point of this story…
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Drawing Towards the Limelight
Often thought of as a secondary art form, less important than painting, the art of drawing is beginning to enjoy the limelight. Museums around the world are mounting exhibitions focusing on the underrated art of draughtsmanship, and Parkstone’s new book 1000 Drawings of Genius showcases the finest works that this genre has to offer. A genius is defined as “a person with exceptional ability”. And certainly there are those famous draughtsman of yore whose work seems highly worthy of this title. Traditionally the figureheads that spring to mind include the classicists da Vinci, Michelangelo, and later, Rembrandt. The work of these men does seem beyond the stretch of the average…
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"A painting is finished when the artist says it's finished" – Rembrandt
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Rembrandt – Old Man with a Gold Chain, 1631. In HD!
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