Rembrandt and The Western Art

By 1631, Rembrandt had established such a good reputation that he received several assignments for portraits from Amsterdam. As a result, he moved to that city and into the house of an art dealer, Hendrick van Uylenburgh. This move eventually led, in 1634, to the marriage of Rembrandt and Hendrick's greatniece, Saskia van Uylenburg. This was obviously a marriage for love. Although she came from a good family (her father had been burgomaster of Leeuwarden), Saskia was an orphan and was probably not very wealthy. She lived with her sister in Frisia and did not have many 'grand' connections in Amsterdam. These events, however, are widely disputed.

"Self-Portrait" by Judith Leyster was created in 1635 and made out of oil on canvas. It measures 29 3/8" by 25 5/8." It is located at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

In 1853 Vincent Van Gogh was born into a loving family. He got everything he wanted from his parents, since he was an only child. His dad worked for an oil company. He was a manager and wasn’t around very much. His mom on the other hand didn’t work and was with Vincent all the time. By the time he was 10 years old, his dad moved his family to France so they could have a better life.

Johannes Vermeer (1632 –1675) was born in Delft, Holland in October 1632 into the Calvanist tradition, during the Dutch Golden Age. He was introduced to the world of art, particularly painting, by his father. His father owned a tavern, frequented by artists and dealers and by the time his father died in 1652, the twenty year old Vermeer was left with much debt but also a great enthusiasm for art. Considered too young to be an artist by the Dutch Guild, he would need another six years apprenticeship to one or more masters.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn was one of a greatest painters and printmakers in seventeen century European art, also the most significant in Dutch history. He was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, Holland, in the Netherlands and died in October 4, 1669, at the age of 63. He attended Latin school and enrolled at the University of Leiden then learning painting from a Leiden history painter, Jacob van Swanenburgh with three years. He had his own workshop during 1624 to1625 and began to accept students in 1627.

Rembrandt is a famous seventeenth-century Dutch painter. Despite his fame and prestige, some experts are not certain whether a few of “his” paintings were actually created by him. One of these paintings, a portrait of a woman’s face, has been called Rembrandt’s due to its style. But, there is evidence that suggests the portrait was painted by a different artist.

First, the reading passage states that there is something inconsistent about the way the woman in the portrait is dressed , and she is wearing a white linen cap of s kind that only servants would wear-yet.But the the listening passage against this idea and it mentions the first color was not a part of the painting and they try to make as the original one. In addition the reading passage states that Rembrandt was a master of painting light and shadow, but in this painting these elements do not fit together. In contrast the listening passage claims that Shadow remove and the original color can be seen, and the light color can be reflex and show a part woman face. Moreover, the reading passage mentions that, examination of the back of the painting

The Great War was the first of its kind. Never before had combat been conducted on such a global scale. The technological advancements resulting from the onset of Industrialism allowed weapons and supplies to be mass-produced. When the dust finally settled, the death toll eclipsed 16 million, and another 20 million were wounded. Dada and Surrealism originated as artistic reactions to the colossal destruction experienced during World War I.

Rembrandt was born on July 15, 1606, in Leiden, which was considered Dutch Republic. He was one of nine children. His father, Harmon Rijn (Dutch Reformed Church) and his mother, Neetlgen Zuybrouck (Roman Catholic) were known as a well-to-do family. Rembrandt attended school from 1612 to 1616 where he was tutored on biblical studies and the classics.

266-270). Many significant and influential people of his time thought very highly of him and his work in the time before his death. For example, Gabriel Buceslinus (1599-1681), a German art lover, included Rembrandt in his list of ‘the most distinguished European painters’. Nostrae aetatis miraculum (the miracle of our age) followed Rembrandt’s name on this list; the only name on the list of 166 to have a description such as this (Wetering, 1997, p. 268). Similarly, the future Archduke of Tuscany, Prince Cosimo, the later Cosimo III (1642-1723) visited Amsterdam with hopes of meeting Rembrandt in 1667.

What is there to be said about the man known as Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn? From the time he was very young he had an apparent advanced skill when it came to art. Little is known about Rembrandt himself, “Rembrandt left no journal or notebook, and only seven of his letters have been located-all addressed to the same man, concerning a specific project and revealing little of his thought or personality” (rembrandtpainting.net). Throughout his life he was widely known as a skilled artist, but towards later years there is speculation on what happened to him as an artist and a person, also known as the “Rembrandt myth.” Now, due to the fact that this man is one of the first and only artists to make a vast amount of self-portraits, circulation

The most common of these portrayed garments were the generic Berets that have now been typically associated with the common artist as a stereotype. Looking at the untitled self portrait of 1657 (Figure 1) you can see Rembrandt’s attention to detail and his persistence to achieve life-likeness. He has built up the wrinkled brow, the puckers of skin, in very detailed and effective passages of reddish colours. You can see the application of chiaroscuro in this painting which is obviously intentional as even his clothes, including fashionable beret, are dark to help with the distribution of light and dark with the focus being on his face. This self portrait is one I consider to be among his best. This work provides an insight into Rembrandt’s indifference to self-consciousness as you can see an aged, wrinkled man with a large broad nose and gray wisps of hair, all of which he has made no attempt to positively alter, he simply strives for realism in his works and finds no reason to alter the physical reality of his work for mere aesthetic purposes. It provides an insight into the culture of the time with the fashion state Rembrandt has depicted himself in as well as the common chiaroscuro methods used in the painting which were common for the culture or society of the time. The self-portrait of 1630 (Figure 2) shows how even from early in his career Rembrandt strove for realism in his works. You are once again struck by the honesty

When Van Gogh was sixteen, his first job was working for his uncle at Goupil et Cie, an art gallery in The Hague. When he was nineteen he went to work at the Groupil Gallery in London and then to the gallery in Paris. He was finally fired from the gallery because he was not happy with his job and discoursed customers from buying the artwork. After that he decided that he wanted to be a preacher and studied to get into a theological school but failed. In 1879 he went to Borinage, a coal mining town, as a missionary to the poor coal miners. He lasted there a couple of years and then was dismissed.

Rembrandt van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, Netherlands. He came from a large family where he was the ninth child. His father was a miller and saw to it that Rembrandt had an excellent education. Rembrandt began attending the University of Leiden, but really wanted to study art. Eventually he left school to become an apprentice to the artist Jacob van Swanenburgh. He also was a student of the painter Pieter Lastman. Company Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch , known as the Night Watch is a Rembrandt painting which dates from 1642. It is a company of the bourgeois militia Musketeers Amsterdam , Frans Banning Cocq controlled , leaving weapons of a building. This painting is in New Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which is

When the new upper class movement, Renaissance, occurred in Italy around the 14th century, a revival of the classical forms originally developed by the ancient Greeks and Romans, an intensified concern with secular life, and interest in humanism and assertion of the importance of the individual began. Thus, artists such as Mosaccio and Giotto depicted art that unlike the Middle Ages, showed emotions, feelings, and bright colors, thus demonstrating the deep concern for naturalism in the society. Other artists during the Italian Renaissance period such as Giovanni Bellini began to express their art through secular and religious themes and ideas that were exhibited through landscapes and portraits. As new styles of