Essays Tagged: "Rembrandt"

Art and the Bible

t what I didn't understand is that I didn't concentrate on the object. The book gives an example of Rembrandt's painting's of a side of beef. It does seem weird, but it shows us that even a side a bee ...

(2 pages) 173 3 3.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Art Essays

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. His father worked ... ked at a mill, as did many Dutchmen, but wanted his son to work in an academic profession. However, Rembrandt left his studies at the University of Leiden in order to study painting.His work had becom ... as interesting as the whole painting, which shows brilliant color, much movement, and bright light.Rembrandt, as an upper class citizen, enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle. He bought many paintings from ...

(2 pages) 62 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Heaney's "Digging " and "follower".

usly chronicles the cultivated art of Irish potato digging. His father mastered the art; he was the Rembrandt of digging. The reader can hear the sound of the spade as it pierces the earth with "a cle ... ying when Heaney says, "Loving their cool hardness in our hands." (p 161)If Heaney's father was the Rembrandt of digging then his grandfather was surely the Michelangelo. Once again the reader is trea ...

(6 pages) 140 1 4.1 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Rembrandt van Rign.

Rembrandt van RignIn Leyden, Holland, the year of 1606, the renowned artist known as Rembrandt van R ... mmar school where he studied the classics, Latin, possibly Hebrew, and the Bible. Seven years later Rembrandt's father made plans for sending him to a university. Rembrandt, whose only desire was to p ... m to a university. Rembrandt, whose only desire was to paint, refused. From the years 1620 to 1623, Rembrandt studied in Amsterdam under Pieter Lastman. It his Lastman who probably first exposed Rembr ...

(7 pages) 102 0 3.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Reviews on Rembrandt and Bernini.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. His father worked ... ked at a mill, as did many Dutchmen, but wanted his son to work in an academic profession. However, Rembrandt left his studies at the University of Leiden in order to study painting.His work had becom ... as interesting as the whole painting, which shows brilliant color, much movement, and bright light.Rembrandt, as an upper class citizen, enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle. He bought many paintings from ...

(11 pages) 165 0 4.5 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

A quick introduction into the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh.

great Postimpressionists. Vincent van Gogh is generally considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt. His reputation is based largely on the works of the last three years of his brief ten-yea ...

(3 pages) 123 3 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Analysis of Rembrandt.

Analysis of RembrandtThe story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife is told in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, ch ... . "But while Joseph was in the prison, the Lord was with him." This is the subject matter for which Rembrandt choose to do his representational painting by. The content of the painting all reveals Rem ... ion of the story.This is the account from the Bible of the accusation of Joseph by Potiphar's Wife. Rembrandt Van Ryn chose this particular story as the subject of his narrative painting completed in ...

(7 pages) 57 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Rembrandt

RembrandtRembrandt was a Dutch artist who many people conceder one the greatest paintersin the histo ... who many people conceder one the greatest paintersin the history of Western art. His full name was Rembrandt Harmenszoon vanRijn, and he had a great understanding of human nature, not only in paintin ... man were he lernt historical paintings. At the age of 22 he returned home and taught his own pupils.Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam in 1631. He married in 1634 to Saskia vanUylenburgh, the cousin of a su ...

(3 pages) 78 0 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

This essay is all about an Artist of the Dutch Baroque period, Rembrandt Van Rijn; about his life and how it was important to inspiring other artists...

An Artist of the Dutch Baroque period, Rembrandt Van Rijn was born on July 15th, 1606. His father, Herman Gerritszoon who was a miller, his ... own of Leiden next to the northern branch of the Rhine River and about 25 miles south of Amsterdam. Rembrandt was the 8th of 9 children born. His family was somewhat poor until his mother's death in 1 ... mother's death in 1640 left them well off with a 10,000 florins estate.From the time of his birth, Rembrandt's parents had directed him towards the study of law, which is unlike his brothers who were ...

(3 pages) 73 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Analysis of Remembrandt

. "But while Joseph was in the prison, the Lord was with him." This is the subject matter for which Rembrandt choose to do his representational painting by. The content of the painting all reveals Rem ... ion of the story.This is the account from the Bible of the accusation of Joseph by Potiphar's Wife. Rembrandt Van Ryn chose this particular story as the subject of his narrative painting completed in ...

(7 pages) 36 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Self-portraits

lves and the world around them. Three artists that depict this are; Edward Munch, Salvador Dali and Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn.A Norwegian painter and graphic artist, Munch concentrated his artworks ... of Dali trying to find his true identity as a young man.Considered to be the greatest Dutch artist, Rembrandt is famous for the paintings, prints and drawings he made more than 300 years ago. Known to ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Short Stories

. When this word comes to mind, people think of grand works such as the Mona Lisa, and artists like Rembrandt. Rich vibrant colours, different textural tones, the cerebral overload of subtle informati ...

(2 pages) 44 3 2.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Etching -- Printing of the Seventeenth Century

Tree is a realistic pictorial record of the tragedy of human conflict.Although known for painting, Rembrandt also utilized etching. Prints became a major source of income. One of Rembrandt's most rem ...

(1 pages) 27 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

3 Works of art from the Baroque era

thew and was done between 1599 and 1602 by Michelangelo Merisi Da. I have also chosen a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn called Resurrection of Christ done between 1635 and 1639. The last piece of art I ... is kind of hard to make out some of it. He has paid extra attention to expression on the faces here.Rembrandt van Rijn is considered one of the greatest painters in European art history, and the most ...

(5 pages) 240 0 1.6 Aug/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Rembrandt's Art

Born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, Netherlands, Rembrandt Haarmenson Van Rijn was a Dutch Painter, draftsmen, and etcher during the 17th Century. He ... light to dark contrast values that created interesting effects not being utilized by other painters.Rembrandt was not always destined for the art world. His father had the expectation that his son wou ... for the art world. His father had the expectation that his son would take up a learned profession. Rembrandt, however decided to leave the University of Leiden and elected to study painting. In Rembr ...

(4 pages) 58 0 4.6 Jan/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

What is Art?

rtworks which are created by the prominent artists like Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rafael, Caravadjio, Rembrandt and etc. That’s why they are saved in museums, galleries and etc. People want to save ...

(3 pages) 60 2 3.7 Mar/2007

Subjects: Art Essays

Art Criticism

heir opinion. Suppose someone had told Michelangelo that his sculptures were only mediocre, or told Rembrandt that his pictures lacked passion. The leading figures in art could be drastically differen ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Ancient Art

St. Matthew and was created between 1599 and 1602 by Michelangelo Merisi Da. My second choice is by Rembrandt van Rijn called Resurrection of Christ, which was created between 1635 and 1639. The last ... e some of it out. You can tell that he had paid extra concentration to the expressions on the faces.Rembrandt van Rijn is probably considered one of the most celebrated painters in European art histor ...

(5 pages) 17 0 0.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Art Essays