Rembrandt: The Painter Thinking - Couverture souple

Van De Wetering, Ernst

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520290259 ISBN 13 : 9780520290259

Editeur : University of California Press, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Even during the artist s lifetime, contemporary art lovers considered Rembrandt van Rijn to be an exceptional artist. In this revelatory sequel to the acclaimed" Rembrandt: The Painter at Work," renowned Rembrandt authority Ernst van de Wetering investigates precisely why the artist, from a very early age, was praised by prominent connoisseurs. He argues that Rembrandt, from his very first endeavors in painting, embarked on a journey past all the foundations of the art of painting that, according to (up until now misinterpreted) contemporary written sources, were considered essential in the seventeenth century. Rembrandt never stopped searching for solutions to the pictorial problems that confronted him; this led over time to radical changes in course that can t simply be attributed to stylistic evolution or natural development. In a quest as rigorous and novel as the artist s, van de Wetering reveals how Rembrandt became the best painter the world had ever seen. Gorgeously illustrated throughout, this groundbreaking exploration reconstructs Rembrandt s closely guarded theories and methods, shedding new light both on the artist s exceptional accomplishments and on the practice of painting in the Dutch Golden Age.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Ernst van de Wetering (1938) is a painter and emeritus professor of art history. He became a team-member of the Rembrandt Research Project in 1968 and its chairman in 1993. He taught at the University of Amsterdam. In 2001/2 he was Slade Professor in Oxford. He is considered one of the world's foremost specialists on Rembrandt and his work. In 1997, he published the widely acclaimed monograph Rembrandt. The Painter at Work (2nd ed. 2008).|

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0520290259
• ISBN 13: 9780520290259
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340