A magnificent rendering of the genius of Rembrandt--both a biography and an exploration of the art itself--that makes it clear why, even after 350 years, he remains among the greatest of painters. 359 illustrations, many in color.
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A magnificent rendering of the genius of Rembrandt--both a biography and an exploration of the art itself--that makes it clear why, even after 350 years, he remains among the greatest of painters. 359 illustrations, many in color.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 768 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Large hardcover. nearly new. No markings. Mild shelf wear only
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Very Good. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Wraps have only light wear, spine is unbent. Pages are clean with no markings in text. This book will require extra charges for Priority or International shipping.
Schama writes well. However, he exhausts the subject to a point just shy of losing sight of Rembrandt. Art and history lovers will be fascinated, but the casual reader will get lost in the side streets of history.
That said, it is a valuable contribution to the life and times of Rembrandt.
Eric
May 10, 2007
Definitive
Here is the complete Rembrandt. The man, his art, all in the context of his times. Only Schama in our generation could paint the picture so completely, depict the daily life of the people Rembrandt lived and worked among and whom he chose as the models for his biblical and genre paintings. The technology of the work, the contemporaries who painted and etched in the Low Countries, the battles that raged without, the personal loss, the joys, the tribulations in his life. Rembrandt's brief time in the sun of fashion and his humiliation at the hands of the people who could not share his vision. The whole world, in other words, made comprehensible, flesh and blood. Schama makes us artists alongside Rembrandt and we see the world through his eyes. We also see the miracle of his self-portraits and we look into his eyes and at last we see the life reflected in them and understand the man. A real achievement of story-telling, art history scholarship and the writer's craft. Schama at his best.
