Bibliograph

Rembrandt's eyes, Simon Schama

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Rembrandt's eyes, Simon Schama

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 725-728) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rembrandt's eyes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

40830287

Responsibility statement

Simon Schama

Review

"Rembrandt's Eyes, about which Simon Schama has been thinking for more than twenty years, shows that the true biography of Rembrandt is to be discovered in his pictures. Through a succession of descriptions and interpretations of Rembrandt's paintings threaded into this narrative, he allows us to see Rembrandt's life clearly and to think about it afresh." "Rembrandt's Eyes shows us why Rembrandt is such a thrilling painter, so revolutionary in his art, so penetrating of the hearts of those who have looked for three hundred years at his pictures. Above all, Schama's understanding of Rembrandt's mind and the dynamic of his life allows him to re-create Rembrandt's life on the page."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. The prospects of a painter. The quiddity. -- pt. 2. The paragon. Jan and Maria ; Pietro Paolo ; Apelles in Antwerp. -- pt. 3. The prodigy. RHL ; The competition. -- pt. 4. The prodigal. Amsterdam anatomized ; Body language ; Crossing the threshold. -- pt. 5. The prophet. Exposures ; The price of painting ; The sufficiency of grace. -- pt. 6. Afterward. Rembrandt's ghost

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