Academic literature on the topic 'Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn'

Works of art have a substantial impact on viewers not only because of the beauty of the image but also because of the dominance of the decisive moment they express. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn managed with his group portrait The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp to draw viewers into the scene of dissection of a body thanks to the dynamics of the painted characters. At the beginning of the 16th century, the practice of public autopsies spread throughout Europe. In 1555, King Philip II granted the Guild of Surgeons in Amsterdam the privilege of dissecting executed criminals for educational and scientific purposes. Dissections were performed once a year during the winter months to prevent rotting and decomposition of corpses, and the procedure itself often lasted several days. Dr Nicolaes Tulp performed the autopsy of a hanged convict in 1632, which Rembrandt immediately painted. With this piece, the artist presented the beginning of a new pedagogical approach to teaching anatomy. The picture represents Dr Nicolaes Tulp instructing seven onlookers as he is dissecting a hand and showing the flexor digitorum superficialis.

The article is devoted to Dutch art — the Leiden School in Holland in the 17th century. The author analyzes the defi nition, particularities and the theoretic foundations of the characteristics and the artistic legacy of the painters — the representatives of the Leiden school and also demonstrates the close connection between naturalism and the particularities of the paintings of the school’s adherents and the uniqueness of the works by such masters as Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Gerrit Dou and Frans van Mieris the Elder.

Sanat tarihçilerinin Maniyerizm’den sonra ve Rokoko’dan önce gelen dönemi tanımlamak için kullandıkları bir terim olan Barok, tarihsel sürecine bakıldığında ilk olarak İtalya’da ortaya çıkmış ve sonrasında Fransa, İspanya ve Hollanda gibi Avrupa şehirlerine sıçrayarak bu ülkelerde yaşayan pek çok sanatçıyı etkisi altına almıştır. Bu sanatçılardan biri de Hollandalı ressam Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn olmuştur. Her ne kadar Rembrandt denildiği zaman, akla ilk olarak sanatçının “Gece Devriyesi” gibi ikonik yapıtları gelse de sanatçının birçok resmini Doğu dünyası üzerinden kurguladığı dikkat çekmektedir. Bu kontekste, XVII. yüzyılda Amsterdam’ın uluslararası ticaretin merkezi haline gelmesi ve böylelikle Doğu ülkelerinden birçok Şark ürününün Hollanda’ya ulaşması, pek çok çağdaşı ile beraber Rembrandt üzerinde de derin bir iz bırakmıştır. Kariyeri boyunca bu ögeleri, üzerinde en çok çalıştığı portreler ve Kitâb-ı Mukaddes’te geçen olayları ele aldığı; yağlı boya, desen ve gravür çalışmalarında titiz bir şekilde tasvir eden Rembrandt, böylece yapıtlarına mistik bir Doğu atmosferi kazandırmış ve resimlerinde Doğu ile bağlantı kurarak farklı bir dünya kurgulamıştır. Sanatçının, Doğu dünyası ile kurmuş olduğu bu bağlantı ise çağdaşları ve kendisinden sonra gelen bazı ressamların fantezist bakış açısıyla ele aldıkları tasvirlerden ziyade, Doğu’nun orijinaline sadık kalma çabalarından dolayı farklılık göstermiştir. Bu makale kapsamında da sırasıyla Barok dönem ile Hollanda Altın Çağı resim sanatının karakteristik özelliği hakkında bilgi verilmiş, araştırmanın geri kalan kısımlarında ise Rembrandt’ın Doğu dünyasından esinlenerek yoğunlaştığı çalışmaları derlenerek irdelenmiştir. Böylece, dönem sanatına Rembrandt ve Doğu dünyası özelinde farklı bir pencere açılarak bakılmaya çalışılmıştır.

O artigo discute o trabalho desenvolvido pelo Grupo Máskara – Núcleo de Pesquisa Transdisciplinar em Teatro, Dança e Performance –, na formação de artistas da cena que procuram de forma séria compreender a profundidade do fazer teatral enquanto experimento e pesquisa. Nesse sentido, apresento a minha experiência no grupo enquanto artista, iluminador e pesquisador. Para tanto, demonstro o processo criativo da luz na peça Senhora dos Afogados (1947) do dramaturgo brasileiro Nelson Rodrigues (1912-1980), sob a encenação do Dr. Robson Corrêa de Camargo no ano de 2012 na cidade de Goiânia, Goiás. A problematização desta pesquisa se estruturou no estudo pictórico do artista plástico holandês Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) em seus trabalhos de luz e de sombra. Portanto, o processo criativo da luz de Senhora dos Afogados, apoiado sobre a perspectiva da luz e da sombra na obra de Rembrandt, aponta a relevância da pesquisa teórica e prática para a produção da cena do Grupo Máskara.

This thesis aims to challenge a number of critical assumptions that have unnecessarily restricted the way we read Paul Celan's work, and poetry in general, by reading an unfinished cycle of poems called 'Eingedunkelt.' The poems were written during the Spring of 1966, when Celan was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital in Paris, and have received little critical attention since their initial partial publication in 1968, their more extensive publication in 1991, and the exhaustive publication of the transcription of all genetic documents in 2006. The thesis consists of three chapters, the last two of which are divided into two parts. The opening chapter confronts the poems in 'Eingedunkelt' as they are now available to us as genetic documents, and engages with current theories of genetic criticism to explore new ways of reading and creating meaning within the avant-texte. Although studies of Celan's work have proliferated since his death in 1970, very few critics have been willing to look beyond the formulation of the poetics Celan defines in his 1960 Büchner prize speech 'Der Meridian.' Chapters Two and Three therefore seek to identify the presence in 'Eingedunkelt' of alternative ways of thinking about poetry that do not necessarily conform to the poetics most explicitly outlined in 1960, and that allow for the very real possibility that Celan's conception of his poetic task was often challenged and maybe even transformed. Through Celan's engagement with Stéphane Mallarmé and Jean-Paul Sartre, Chapter Two identifies the development of a poetics of suicide, according to which each poem rehearses the poet's final and greatest creative act in his or her own self-destruction. Chapter Three recognizes the existence of a counter-poetics of life through Celan's lifelong interaction with the paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn, in which the material qualities of dried oil paint, which mimic the organic qualities of human skin, offer a way to create a living, breathing, but also decaying memorial to those who died in the Shoah. This provides the platform for Celan's poetic critique of both the 1963 - 1965 Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, and Peter Weiss's 1965 dramatization of the Trial, 'Die Ermittlung.'

Dans un climat de réforme globale, touchant l’ensemble de la société hollandaise, émerge un certain nombre de compositions picturales nouvelles, peintes, au cours la première moitié du XVIIe siècle, par de jeunes artistes amstellodamois avides de reconnaissance. Prenant généralement pour sujet le repos de soldats, retranchés dans de sombres intérieurs, ces scènes se diffusent rapidement dans les Pays-Bas de l’époque. Les différents experts et théoriciens de l’époque les identifient alors comme des scènes de cortegaerd, terme issu du français « corps de garde ». Renvoyant dans un premier temps à la brûlante actualité de la guerre de Quatre-Vingts Ans (1568-1648), de telles œuvres s’en éloignent néanmoins rapidement au gré d’une transformation, aussi subtile que radicale, opérée par ces peintres sur l’iconographie du mercenaire pillard : celui-ci quitte, en effet, peu à peu, dans ces scènes, les tristes oripeaux du maraudeur pour revêtir les luxueux atours de l’officier éclairé et raffiné. En miroir de cette progressive assimilation de la figure de l’officier à celle de l’amateur, doit également être perçue celle du peintre à l’officier, régnant en maître sur son atelier. Initiée dans les années 1630, cette double mutation croisée des images du soldat et de l’artiste témoigne de la mise en place d’un intense mouvement de légitimation. Si une guerre de l’art a bien eu lieu en Hollande au cours de la première moitié du siècle, il s’agit avant tout d’une guerre de conquête de marchés et de statuts, menée par d’ambitieux artistes s’identifiant eux-mêmes comme les membres d’un corps moderne et indépendant de la peinture, portant haut les couleurs d’un discours théorique nouveau
Amid a climate of overall reformation, which encompassed the whole of Dutch society, a group of ambitious young artists from Amsterdam developed a new kind of compositions during the first half of the XVIIth century. These painters were mostly known in the Netherlands for their depictions of relaxing soldiers in dark interiors. Those works were quickly given the label cortegaerd by art experts and theorists from the time, a term that derives from the French military term corps de garde, or guardroom. While initially referring to the brutal actualities of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) in their art, these artists seem to have quickly moved away from the image of the pillaging mercenary towards a radically different iconography. Indeed, the Dutch soldier rapidly started to leave behind its sad rags for the luxurious attire of the enlightened officer and amateur. Mirroring this painted transformation of the officer into the art lover, painters similarly created visual parity between themselves, as masters reigning over their workshop. Beginning in the 1630s, this twofold transformation testifies to the existence of an intensity of ambition. If a war of art really did take place in Holland during the first half of the XVIIth century, it was therefore a war of conquest of new markets and social statuses by young artists who saw themselves as members of a modern painting corps. This desire for artistic legitimacy was launched by an emerging class of painters who were not only eager to establish their independence from a dominant form of painting, but also become the standard-bearers for a new theoretical discourse

Rembrandt’s two dozen copies of Mughal paintings that he created between the years 1654 and 1660, remains an obscure collection of drawings within the artist’s extensive body of work. In the scholarship, these drawings are usually framed as his interest in costumes and gestures. This interpretation, however, does not fully take into account Rembrandt’s sensitivity towards cultural and religious tolerance, as exhibited in all aspects of his artistic practice. Prior to his Mughal drawings, Rembrandt already exhibited a curiosity for foreign peoples and places. As a resident of Amsterdam, the global epicenter of Europe, he took advantage of his cosmopolitan atmosphere by actively collecting objects from Asia and the New World brought in by the Dutch East India Company. His art, moreover, did not remain impervious to this dynamic and diverse environment, as evinced by the numerous drawings Rembrandt made to document the different sights and peoples that he encountered in the city. His Mughal copies, moreover, do not resemble the sketches that scholars consider as exhibiting the artist’s curiosity for Oriental attire and distinct body language; instead, they closely parallel the kinds of drawings he made after works of art he found visually appealing. Rembrandt experimented with different kinds of lines and contours to imitate and adapt the Mughal style to diversify his artistic repertoire. His thoughtful engagement reveals that Rembrandt viewed Mughal art style as legitimate forms he could utilize to develop new compositions, or even to challenge and correct existing pictorial traditions. Rembrandt’s Mughal drawings, rather than being an obscure collection, demonstrate instead his unique ability to craft works of art to be reflective of his rich, diverse environment. This strong artistic desire for pictorial experimentation, in addition to his sensitivity for acute narrative interpretation, coalesces to form a more unified portrait of Rembrandt as an empathetic, albeit ambitious, artist.
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Die Kasseler Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister hat ihren Schwerpunkt in der niederländischen, flämischen und deutschen Malerei des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. Dazu zählt eine der größten und bedeutendsten Sammlungen von Rembrandt. Die wichtigsten und umfangreichsten Erwerbungen fanden bis zur Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts unter den Landgrafen von Hessen-Kassel statt. Die Firnisse zahlreicher Gemälde, darunter Hauptwerke der Galerie, sind dick, stark gegilbt und verschiedentlich borkenartig craqueliert. Diese Firnisse sind vielschichtig. Mehrheitlich stammen ihre Firnisschichten von historischen Restaurierungen. Vielfach erscheint eine Firnisabnahme als wünschenswert, in einigen Fällen erweist sie sich aber als riskant und außergewöhnlich schwierig oder aus konservatorischen Gründen als unmöglich. Die Arbeit ist in drei Hauptteile gegliedert. Im ersten Teil wird die Restaurierungsgeschichte der Kasseler Galerie von den 1750er bis zu den 1960er Jahren anhand von schriftlichen Quellen dargestellt. Bedeutende historische Persönlichkeiten der Restaurierung, Maltechnik und Kunsttechnologie waren in Kassel praktisch (Alois Hauser d. Ä. und d. J.) oder als Gutachter (Kurt Wehlte und Max Doerner) tätig. Die restauratorischen Maßnahmen und verwendeten Materialien waren vielfältig. Es fanden ganzflächige und partielle Abnahmen, Dünnungen und Trennungen von Firnissen statt. Firnisse wurden in verschiedener Weise regeneriert, Gemälde wurden neu gefirnisst oder aber überfirnisst. Vielfach kommt ein sensibler Umgang mit den Kunstwerken und ihren Erhaltungszuständen zum Ausdruck. Im zweiten Teil werden die Grundlagen und Methoden der Objektuntersuchung vorgestellt. Deformationen, Rissbildungen und Schichtenstörungen an Gemälden werden auf der Grundlage ausgewählter Literatur der Lack- und Anstrichwissenschaften, der Materialwissenschaften und Bruchmechanik neu betrachtet. Wesentliche Aspekte sind die innere Spannung von Schichten, der Einfluss von Löse- und Quellungsprozessen auf ihre mechanischen Eigenschaften sowie mehrschichtige Systeme und die Interaktion der einzelnen Schichten. Für die lichtmikroskopische Untersuchung der Gemäldeoberflächen und Querschliffe werden verschiedene Grundlagen geschaffen. Eine für diese Arbeit konzipierte grafische Strukturanalyse ermöglicht die Darstellung und Auswertung der Schichtenkonstellationen sowie der Rissbildungen und Deformationen der Bildoberflächen. Es wird ein Löseversuch am Querschliff entwickelt, mit dem sich Tendenzen des heutigen Löseverhaltens mehrschichtiger Firnisse darstellen und von Lösemitteln beeinflusste Schadensprozesse rekonstruieren lassen. Die koaxiale oder Hellfeld-Beleuchtung wird als ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der lichtmikroskopischen Untersuchung von Gemäldeoberflächen und Querschliffen etabliert. Zudem werden die Möglichkeiten einer Bestimmung von originalen Firnisschichten durch eine mikroskopische Untersuchung aufgezeigt. Die erstmalige Bestandaufnahme der Sammlung, die heute ca. 1600 Werke zählt, ergibt, dass 74 Gemälde eine erhebliche Firnisgilbung und gleichzeitig auffällige Firnisdeformationen aufweisen. Der dritte und umfangreichste Teil stellt die Untersuchung von vier Gemälden als Fallstudien dar. Die ausgewählten Werke sind Bartholomeus Frans Douven, Susanna und die beiden Alten, 1722, Rembrandt, Die Heilige Familie mit dem Vorhang, 1646, Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), Das Bohnenfest (Der König trinkt) und Melchior de Hondecoeter (1636-1695), Die weiße Henne mit Küchlein. Auf der Grundlage des maltechnischen Aufbaus und der individuellen Restaurierungsgeschichte der Gemälde werden die Schichten und Schichtenfolgen sowie die Schäden und Veränderungen der Firnisse dargestellt. Zudem wird die Wirkung von Lösemitteln bei früheren Restaurierungen rekonstruiert. Die Fallstudien geben Einblick in die Möglichkeiten, Risiken und Grenzen einer Abnahme, Dünnung oder Trennung von Firnissen mit Lösemitteln. In einer Fallstudie wird zudem eine mechanische Firnisdünnung untersucht. In drei Fallstudien werden partielle Zwischenfirnisse festgestellt, in einem Fall kann ein originaler Firnis bestimmt werden. Die mehrschichtigen Firnisse weisen vielfältige Schichtenstörungen auf, die Folge von historischen Restaurierungen sind. Auffällige borkenartige Deformationen stehen in Zusammenhang mit Vertiefungen entlang ehemaliger Firnisrisse. Im Querschliff und insbesondere im Bereich des Craquelés erkennt man das partielle Anlösen und Auflösen der Schichtgrenzen sowie die Migration von Firnis und Farbe. Die zum Teil gravierende Lösemittelempfindlichkeit der Malschicht resultiert vor allem aus den partiellen Zwischenfirnissen. Ein zusätzliches Schadensrisiko stellt das ungleiche Löseverhalten des Firnisses dar. Der Firnis wird vorrangig entlang des aktuellen und ehemaligen Craquelés ausgeschwemmt, so dass das Lösemittel dort länger direkt auf die Malschicht einwirkt. Die Ursachen dafür liegen wiederum in den Deformationen und Schichtenstörungen des Firnisses. Die mechanische Dünnung durch Abschleifen mit Firnispulver bietet eine aus konservatorischer Sicht unbedenkliche Alternative. Es werden die Möglichkeiten, aber auch die engen Grenzen ihrer Anwendung aufgezeigt. Die vorliegende Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag zur Kunsttechnologie, zur Restaurierungsgeschichte, zu Methoden und Techniken der Untersuchung und Dokumentation und schließlich zur Konzeption von praktischen Restaurierungen.
The main focus of the Old Masters Picture Gallery Kassel is on Dutch, Flemish and German paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries, including one of the largest and most significant Rembrandt collections. The most important and extensive acquisitions were made under the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel until the mid-18th century. The varnishes of numerous paintings, among them the key works of the gallery, are thick, strongly yellowed and occasionally feature bark-like craquelures. These varnishes are multi-layered, with most layers stemming from historical conservation treatments. Quite often, varnish removal appears desirable, but in some cases it proves to be risky and extraordinarily difficult, or even impossible for conservation reasons. The paper is structured in three main sections. The first section describes the conservation history of the Old Masters Picture Gallery Kassel from the 1750s to the 1960s based on written sources. Prominent historical personalities dedicated to conservation, painting techniques and art technology were practitioners in Kassel (Alois Hauser the Elder and the Younger) or functioned as experts (Kurt Wehlte and Max Doerner). A wide variety of conservation measures and materials were applied. Complete and partial removals, thinnings and separations of varnish were conducted. Varnishes were regenerated in different ways, paintings were re-varnished or over-varnished. In many instances one can find a sensitive treatment of the artworks and their visibly aged conditions. The second section elaborates the basics and methods of object examination. Deformations, cracking and layer disruptions on paintings are reappraised based on selected literature dealing with organic coating sciences, material sciences and fracture mechanics. Crucial aspects include the internal stress of layers, the impact of dissolution and swelling processes on their mechanical qualities, as well as multi-layered systems and the interaction between individual layers. Different foundations are created for the light-microscopic examination of painting surfaces and cross-sections. A graphical structure analysis conceived for this work allows depicting and evaluating constellations of layers as well as cracking and deformations on the painting surfaces. A solubility test on the cross-section is developed, presenting tendencies of today’s solvent behaviour of multi-layered varnishes and reconstructing damage processes influenced by solvents. The coaxial or bright field illumination is established as a crucial component of the light-microscopic examination of painting surfaces and cross-sections. Furthermore, the possibilities of determining original varnish layers through light-microscopic examination are demonstrated. The first stocktaking of the collection that today comprises ca. 1.600 works comes to the result that 74 paintings reveal considerable varnish yellowing along with conspicuous varnish deformations. The third and longest section presents the examination of four paintings as case studies. The selected works are Bartholomeus Frans Douven, Susanna and the Elders, 1722, Rembrandt, The Holy Family with a Curtain, 1646, Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), The Bean Festival (The King Drinks), and Melchior de Hondecoeter (1636-1695), The White Hen with Chicken. Based on the structure of the paintings and their individual conservation histories, the layers and layer sequences as well as damage and changes to the varnishes are described. Furthermore, the effect of solvents during earlier conservation treatments is reconstructed. The case studies give an insight into the possibilities, risks and limitations of removing, thinning and separating varnishes with solvents. In one case study, mechanical varnish thinning is also examined. In the case studies, partial intermediate varnishes are ascertained, and in one, an original varnish layer can be determined. The multi-layered varnishes reveal a range of layer defects resulting from historical conservation treatments. Conspicuous bark-like deformations are linked to depressions along former varnish cracks. In the cross-section and especially in the area of the craquelures, the partial solvating and dissolution of layer boundaries as well as the migration of varnish and paint are established. The extreme solvent sensitivity of the paint layer detected in some cases mainly results from the partial intermediate varnishes. The varying solubility of the varnish poses a further damage risk. The varnish is predominantly washed out along the current and former craquelures, so that the solvent directly affects the paint layer for a longer period of time. The reasons for this, in turn, lie in the deformations and layer defects of the varnish. Mechanical thinning by means of sanding with varnish powder offers a harmless alternative from a conservation point of view. The potentials but also strong limitations of its application are shown. This paper makes a contribution to art technology, to the history of conservation, to methods and techniques of examining and documenting, and finally to the conception of practical conservation treatments.

This research thesis, Do you Like My Pics, investigates perceived value in art through the recreation of well-known paintings. Using photography and photo-manipulation the content of the image has been recreated in another medium in order to dissociate the tangible, actual image from the aura of the artist who created it.