Rembrandt College Essays Samples For Students

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Dutch, about 1628 Oil on copper 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. 2013.60

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This is perhaps one of the most famous self-portraits of all time since it shows Rembrandt in a laughing pose that is also quite uncommon for an artist. The artist painted more than one hundred original self-portraits and the correct name for this work is; ‘A more cheerful pose’ and is in keeping with the more jovial style that he had adopted during this particular period. The portrait includes several trademark elements that we normally associate with Rembrandt, including the interplay ...

Rembrandt showed an experiential attitude towards the etching process and is mentioned to have first reached Holland through port of Dutch. One of his most prominent drawings was that of “The raising of Lazarus” in the portraits of Amsterdam. Rembrandt was an artist who used paper to make productions with a known impression. Rembrandt had an introduction to etching by a commission from the publishers of Haarlem. This commission is also known to have employed Jan Lievens, who is known to be the first artist to share Rembrandt’s first studio of Leiden (Theodor, 71). This paper aims at discussing how ...

Compare and Contrast the self-portraits of Rembrandt van Rijn and Cindy Sherman. What do each of these artists understand the self-portrait to reveal about themselves?Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was the most prominent Dutch painter of all times and one of the greatest painters in the history of art. He made over a hundred self-portraits in different techniques. His life was very exciting which can be seen from his artwork. Some of his self-portraits are clear, sometimes less clear, dreamy and ethereal and his final self-portraits are realistic with gray hair and sorrow on his face. However, what all of these ...

The etching “Jesus Healing the Sick,” which was painted around 1647 by Rembrandt van Rijn is one of not only Rembrandt’s more famous paintings, but one of the most famous paintings of the seventeenth century and continues to be an object of study today. In the 18th and 19th century, the painting only continued to grow in notoriety. There is a story that the painter bought back his own work for a father high price at an auction. What though, about this painting makes it such a striking piece of work? I content that Rembrandt’s use of shading and lighting, ...

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I selected three works from the Google Arts Project which are known to be classics of their genre. The first one is Bernini’s David, a sculpture of incredible beauty with various aesthetic aspects that are original and very direct. The second is The Conversion of St John by Caravaggio, probably one of the finest examples of painting in the chiaroscuro theme and which reveals incredible and intrinsic beauty. Finally I chose Rembrandt’s ‘David and Bathsheba’, probably another of the finest representations of Renaissance art which demonstrates the lust between a man and a woman. All three exhibits are in museums ...

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Artists have always been known to create etchings or paintings of subjects such as landscapes, animals, everyday situations, portraits of famous individuals, religious events, and famous landmarks, among others. Rembrandt van Rijn is one of these great artists. However, what makes him a great standout is how he created more than 90 self-portraits depicting himself in various ages and stages of his life. If authors write their autobiographies and come up with books, Rembrandt shared his life story through his self-portraits. For this paper, I will share what I think Rembrandt's thoughts and reasoning are for creating his self-portraits. What ...

Rembrandt's, The Night Watch, is perhaps the most classic example of a Baroque painting and Leonardo Da Vinci's, The Mona Lisa, is one of the most famous paintings. Both paintings are oil- based and the artists made use of light and shadows to produce a greater effect. Da Vinci uses the sfumato technique to achieve a light and shadow effect. He makes the light bounce off the subject's skin in certain places while other parts of the painting are left in darker shadows (Gherardini). In comparison, Rembrandt is known as the master of light and shadows and made masterful ...

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Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden, probably on 15 July, 1606, as the ninth of the 10 children of Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn, and his wife, Neeltgen. At the age of 9, Rembrandt began his education at the Latin school. After his apprenticeship, the artist soon became famous for his portraits. Rembrandt is best-known for his self-portraits, which follow him aging throughout the years, but also illustrate the changes of his artistic style (Klein 15).
On June 22, 1934, Rembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh, a young woman from a ...

The oil on canvas “The Abduction of Europa” was created by the Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz and is displayed in The J. Paul Getty Museum (The Abduction of Europa 2011). Rembrandt attempted mythology rarely, and this was his one the finest piece based on the characters from an ancient Roman poem named Metamorphosis written by Ovid. In his poem, Ovid narrated a story about the god Jupiter, who concealed his identity and appeared as a white bull to seduce the princess Europa and take her to a faraway land to be named after her. Here in his painting, Rembrandt ...

Bernini’s David

This sculpture is definitely one of the greatest ever conceived and includes various facets which are typical of the artist in question. David’s poise is intrinsically beautiful with some aspects of homo eroticism in it and one can definitely identify with the sculpture in question.
The sculpture shows David gathering momentum causing a strain in his body and his face conveys willpower and concentration. The biblical David was a common theme among artists in the Renaissance period for instance Michelangelo and Donatello. Though connecting with these works, Bernini’s David varies from them in some substantial ways for example, ...

Caravaggio’s Innovations in the Art World.

Caravaggio’s works have long influenced many different arts. His naturalist ideas clearly served to move away from former art movements. Caravaggio worked to avoid idealization and thus make subjects more relatable. Most of his subjects looked like everyday people that anyone could relate to. Caravaggio often achieved this through the use of strong lighting and high contrast. Caravaggio usual focused on telling stories through his art. One article describes his style as, “Although chiaroscuro was used long before Caravaggio came onto the art scene it was he who defined the technique and darkened the shadows. The artist's observation of ...

JEWISH IDENTITY IN HISTORY AND MODERNITY2

1. The Sacrifice of Isaac by Rembrandt..2
2. Jewish Torah scroll..3
3. A Sephardic family celebrates the Passover4
4. Jews in the Middle Age..4
5. The origins of anti-Semitism..5
6. Abraham Geiger tries to change Judaism..5
7. Hirsch and Frankel oppose Judaism reformation..6
8. Jewishness and anti-Semitism7
9. Jews are always guilty7
10. Jews come back to their promised land8
III. DESCRIPTION OF THE EXHIBIT9

Works cited10

I. SECTION LABEL
The exhibit Let my people go: Jewish identity in history and modernity is dedicated to a longsuffering way of Jews who have been struggling for their identity for centuries while living ...

The focus of the essay is to analyze “Mercury and Argus” by Carel Fabritius and how effectively it conveys the impression of deep space.Mercury and Argus, 1645-47, oil on canvas - Carel Fabritius. This painting “Mercury and Argus” appeared in a saleroom in Monaco, signed by Carel Fabritius, who was one of the most brilliant students of Rembrandt (Raux 103). The subtle coloring and blond tonalities may remind one of texturing done by Rembrandt, but it should not be mistaken for Rembrandt's work. The rustic genre scene of the painting portrays a mythological theme according to which Argus, a ...

The most interesting thing about aging in Renaissance art is there were those who viewed aging as a normal part of life and should be treated with reverence instead of disdain as artists such as Rembrandt chose to depict the elderly in their natural state. While Rembrandt decided to do this in a respectful way, however, many of the Renaissance masters took a more scientific approach as they examined the effects of aging on the human face. In other words the Renaissance period provided artists the opportunity to decide how they wanted to illustrate how a human being aged ...

For my narrative reflection and journey into a visual experience I chose to visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It exhibited many pieces I was able to connect to McCloud’s theories about closure and visual literacy (6). Certain pieces stood out more than others, inanimately, but somehow speaking to me. Collections spoke, punctuated, and ended themselves as comics do with direction, icons, and framework. McCloud’s philosophy on our sense of self in relation to what we see around us was also very present during my excursion (10). I saw myself differently depending on what exhibit I ...

For my narrative reflection and journey into a visual experience I chose to visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It exhibited many pieces I was able to connect to McCloud’s theories about closure and visual literacy (6). Certain pieces stood out more than others, inanimately, but somehow speaking to me. Collections spoke, punctuated, and ended themselves as comics do with direction, icons, and framework. McCloud’s philosophy on our sense of self in relation to what we see around us was also very present during my excursion (10). I saw myself differently depending on what exhibit I ...

Caravaggio’s influence has been felt within many different pieces of art. Caravaggio implemented the idea that idealized beauty was not essential to making interesting or popular art. Caravaggio moved away from traditional styles, making even religious subjects look like common people. Dramatic lighting and high contrast were also important aspects of his art work. Caravaggio’s use of naturalism created a new movement away from idealized beauty. Caravaggio’s style typically had less complicated iconography and a more straight forward naturalistic approach to telling stories.
Caravaggio certainly took a different approach to the painting of religious scenes when be painted “ ...

Ideological Views on Social Change

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In sociology, the idea that Weber's writing and study of social stratification represents a, "Dialogue with the ghost of Marx" is most evident when you compare their views on social stratification and capitalism. We find in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, that Weber spoke to many of the same concerns brought about by Marx; it can also be found that Weber came to a noticeablydiverse assumption to social change than that of Marx interpretation. Weber is often seen as a Theorist of Conflict, he often speaks of the way in which social structures can cause social behaviour ...