Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijin’s Portrait of a Man With Arms Akimbo reflects his personal technique as well as the Dutch Baroque style, which lasted throughout the 17th Century. This piece features an unidentified man depicted in a position of strength and superiority. This is established through Rembrandt’s use of composition and light, using effects common to the Baroque era such as tenebrism. To better understand the identity of the man pictured, physical qualities such as style of dress can be used to…

The Night Watch by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn is completed in 1642, at the peak of the Dutch Golden Age, it is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It is a group portrait of a militia company. These were groups of able-bodied men who, if the need arose, could be called upon to defend the city or put down riots. The painting is an oil painting on a canvas that depicts the company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburgh, surrounded by…

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp was painted and completed in 1632. It is an oil painting on canvas painted by the artist, Rembrandt. The painting is currently hanging in the Netherlands, in the Mauritshuis museum. Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, which is the man holding the scissors in the giant black hat, is explaining the body parts of an arm to medical professionals. Some of the medical professionals in the painting are doctors who paid so much money to be actually included into this painting.…

symbolism is represented. Frans and Pieter painted the guards in action in 1637. “The Night Watch” is portraying the Amsterdam’s local militia in a group portrait. Rembrandt originally portrayed the men in action in his work. The arrangement of the painting shows the importance of it to the Dutch, it is a national treasure. Rembrandt was first to depict the men in action in striking dynamic poses. After the dirt was taken off the painting the daytime setting was visible to the audience. The girl…

story assisted in him to become a household name. The history of the artist surpassed that of his paintings, causing the painting to become famous in turn. This statement will be further argued and shown utilizing the works of Kazimir Malevich and Rembrandt Van Rijn. Each of these men…

would you save, a Rembrandt painting/ or an old woman who hadn’t many years left anyhow?” (Ethics lines 2-5) Every year she would answer the question differently. One year she would side with the painting and the next…

society during the Renaissance were shaped by men who were predominant. In this popular painting by Rembrandt it depicts the role that males played during the Renaissance and represents how society was structured during the time period. Women were out of the picture during the 1600’s; way before the first wave of feminism was brought up. In the painting, The Anatomy of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, Rembrandt shows how men were more superior than women during that time period. The painting represented what…

three completely different time periods one can see how the three paintings share very similar aspects. These three paintings, all depicting Faust, were made by three completely individual artists. One from the seventeenth century was painted by Rembrandt, another painted by Eugene Delacroix in the 19th century, and a third during the 20th century by the artist Salvador Dali. Now,…

Scriptural sources such as Mark’s gospel of the passion help support church’s assertion that sinners not Jews are responsible for Jesus death. This story in Mark's gospel begins with this observation in chapter 14, verse 53 quoting, and they led Jesus to the high priest, and all of the chief priests, elders, and scribes were assembled. Professor Anderson point out in his lecture, (Who is Responsible for Jesus' Death,) that the next verse 54 should inform of what ensues next in the Assembly.…

Northern Baroque: Baroque Art was the principal European style of art in the 17th century. Although encapsulating the whole of Europe, Baroque art greatly varied from region to region. Having been divided into two separate spheres, the Northern countries who turned Protestant, and the Southern countries who remained Catholic, developed two distinctive artistic styles. In Italy and Spain, the Counter-Reformation was in full swing, promoting complex and dramatic paintings and sculptures such as…