Rembrandt: First Impressions by Gary D. Schwartz

By Gary D. Schwartz

Built specially for younger readers, this addition to the 1st Impressions advent to paintings sequence is a thrilling biography of 1 of the world's nice artists. It unearths what Rembrandt used to be quite like, how he earned a residing in 17th-century Holland, and what traits of his paintings make him one of many nice artists of all time.
54 illustrations, 32 in complete color.

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Is still praised today. What Constantine did taken directly from life. not know The young on twisted figures with clenched and trying any less artist to is that Rembrandt's Judas fists, said can convince anyone that art really painter had been practicing for years copying examples by other improve on them. This does not mean that good than Constantine was not it was. But is more 28 it his version reminds us that like life than artists, it a was good actually is. Constantine also something about Rembrandt and Lievens tells persons.

Of the Rembrandt with to provide first was of well-paid lots group portrait of eight Amsterdam a surgeons. Paintings of this kind were very popular in the northern Netherlands. Most of them show minor organizations. officials, like the Almost every respectable Dutchman belonged all guard company, or board of a to the to controlled government and these organizations trade. came from They could Once an organization owned one group to the The same official who citizens clans that also afford to pay for portraits.

But the move to stories Amsterdam from the did not Bible, damage his helped him become richer and more famous than ever. 55 CHAPTER FOUR c\a/ SUCCESS IN THE BIG CITY msterdam in the 1630s the western world. It was one of the great cities of was the main European center of shipping and overseas trade. The harbor was called a "forest of masts" because countless sailing ships from all over the world were anchored there at Amsterdam businessmen any given time. much controlled of the traffic in grain from Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine.

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