Rembrandt's House : Exploring the World of the Great Master

ISBN-13: 9781780769240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 256 str.

Anthony Bailey

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Few who walk past No. 4 Breestraat in Amsterdam would give this unassuming house a second glance. Yet for 20 years, this was the home of Rembrandt--one of the greatest painters in history, king of the Dutch Golden Age of art. This is the story of that house, the world Rembrandt observed in and around it and the special universe he created in his studio there. In this unique and imaginative portrait, Anthony Bailey pieces together the events and circumstances which shaped Rembrandt's career--from his beginnings in Leiden and early apprenticeship to his marriage and personal relationships; his restless artistic energy, creative triumphs, and, finally, his slow fall into financial hardship. With as many levels and hidden corners as the house Bailey describes, this is at once biography, travel writing, and history of a golden cultural age.

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Illustration A Note of Thanks Antecedents Miraculous Country The Golden Swamp A House in the Breestraat From Room to Room Growing Up Anatomy Lessons Making a Splash Life with Women and Children Artist at Work The New Jerusalem Through the Needle's Eye Age of Gold, Ink, and Tar Questions about the House Out of Doors Acts of Love Money Troubles Domestic and Public Scenes Resolution and Independence Among Scholars Chiaroscuro Negatives Continuing Presences Afterword Bibliography Index