Contributor
Ford, Charles, 1952- writer of introduction.
ImprintLos Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2018]
Imprint2018
Description111 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 15 cm
Note:Originally published: London : Pallas Athene, 2007.
Note:Chiefly illustrations.
Note:Introduction / Charles Ford -- Life of Rembrandt, from Teutsche Academie, 1675 / Joachim von Sandrart -- Life of Rembrandt, from the Cominciamento e progresso dell'arte d'intagliare in rame, colle vita de' piu eccellenti maestri della stessa professione, 1686 / by Filippo Baldinucci -- Life of Rembrandt, from De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlandtsche Konstschilders en Schilderessen, 1718 / Arnold Houbraken.
Note:The prodigious talent of Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (ca. 16061669), along with his disregard for many of the artistic conventions of his day, astonished, delighted, and dismayed his contemporaries. The full gamut of their reactions is revealed in these three biographies, which were first published in the decades following Rembrandts death and appear here in English for the first time in their entirety. These extraordinary documents, by German, Italian, and Dutch authors schooled in the conventions of neoclassicism, provide richly varied accounts of Rembrandts impact on the art world of his time. While the authors for the most part acknowledge his brilliance, sometimes grudgingly, they are wary of Rembrandts reliance on personal talent rather than on the rules of art. So, too, are they annoyed at his skill in manipulating the art market. Filled with colorful and amusing anecdotes, these critiques, handsomely complemented here with vivid illustrations, bring into sharper focus the originality and psychological acuity that remain Rembrandts trademark to this day.
