Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann

Rembrandt (eBook, ePUB)

The Nightwatch

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A landmark book that casts critical light on one of Rembrandt's most iconic paintings In The Nightwatch, Rembrandt turns his portrayal of eighteen prominent Amsterdam citizens as members of a militia company into one of the world's most fascinating works of art, one that evokes censure as well as praise. The painting, however, was not an eccentric vision but a thoughtful reworking of a longstanding tradition of militia portraiture. In this classic book, Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann shows how Rembrandt chose motifs, colors, actions, and setting to emphasize the historic role of the militia in Amsterdam and the social standing of the men portrayed, and how contemporary viewers associated costumes and actions with events of the past and familiar circumstances of the period when the painting was made. Meticulously reconstructing the artist's intentions and the viewer's response, Haverkamp-Begemann sheds critical light on the startling young woman in gold and other visual elements of this remarkable work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: United Methodist Publishing House
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780691264905
• Artikelnr.: 69754164

Autorenporträt

Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann (1923-2017) was the John Langeloth Loeb Professor Emeritus in the History of Art at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. His books include Creative Copies: Interpretative Drawings from Michelangelo to Picasso.