Rembrandt
The Complete Self-Portraits
$30.58
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
20 September 2024
Summary
Few devotees of the form can approach Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn’s radical contributions to self-portraiture. Challenging the conventions enshrined by his predecessors, Rembrandt transformed the art into a fully realized medium capable of communicating emotional depth rather than favorably immortalizing one’s likeness in the finest trappings of luxury. With more than 80 works spanning paintings, etchings, and drawings, the Dutchman’s life…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836596671 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 3836596679 |
| Author: | Marieke de Winkel, Volker Manuth |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 20 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 444g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 140mm x 195mm |
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Critics Review
These are among the greatest artworks that Rembrandt ever produced. The artist depicts himself with rugged honesty. * BBC *
Marieke de Winkel
Marieke de Winkel studied art history and classical archaeology at the University of Amsterdam and history of dress at the Courtauld Institute in London. From 1993 to 2003, she was a research assistant with the Rembrandt Research Project. Her PhD thesis at the University of Amsterdam focused on dress in the works of Rembrandt.
Volker Manuth studied art history, philosophy and classical archaeology in Kiel, Bonn, and Berlin. In 1987 he completed his PhD at the Freie Universität Berlin with a thesis on the iconography of Rembrandt’s Old Testament subjects. From 1988 to 1995 he was an assistant and associate Professor at the FU Berlin, and from 1995 to 2003, he held the A. Bader Chair of Northern Renaissance and Baroque Art at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario (Canada). Since 2003, he has been Professor of Art History at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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