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Beschreibung
Rembrandt's masterful "Bathsheba Reading King David's Letter" is unusual both as a history painting and as a portrayal of a nude. This collection of essays by six leading Rembrandt scholars examines the painting's qualities from perspectives ranging from changing perceptions of female beauty and the nude, to technical analysis and biographical and psychological analysis of artist, subject, and viewer. 36 photos.
Rembrandt's masterful "Bathsheba Reading King David's Letter" is unusual both as a history painting and as a portrayal of a nude. This collection of essays by six leading Rembrandt scholars examines the painting's qualities from perspectives ranging from changing perceptions of female beauty and the nude, to technical analysis and biographical and psychological analysis of artist, subject, and viewer. 36 photos.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: perspectives on Rembrandt and his works Ann Jensen Adams; 1. Rembrandt's Bathsheba: the object and its transformations Ernst van de Wetering; 2. Rembrandt's Bathsheba and the conventions of a seductive theme Eric Jan Sluijter; 3. An incomparable Bathsheba Leo Steinberg; 4. Reading Bathsheba: from mastercodes to misfits Mieke Bal; 5. Not Bathsheba: I. The painter and the model Svetlana Alpers; II. Uriah's gaze Margaret D. Carroll; 6. 'Though deficient in beauty': the reluctant, then hyperbolic reception of a masterpiece Gary Schwartz.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780521459860
ISBN-10: 0521459869
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Adams, Ann Jensen
Redaktion: Adams, Ann Jensen
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Ann Jensen Adams
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.11.1998
Gewicht: 0,34 kg
Artikel-ID: 113421412