Rembrandt. The Complete Etchings

Thames and Hudson, 1977

Ristampa 1977 (l'originale del 1963) - Volume rilegato in tela editoriale color mattone con sovraccoperta, 287 pagine profusamente illustrate con 307 incisioni in nero. In appendice: tavola ripiegata con l'elenco cronologico delle stampe. Copia in condizioni eccellenti, poco o nulla consultata -- The profound humanity of Rembrandt's art is acknowledged everywhere. No artist seems to speak in deeper, quieter tones than he, tones that once heard seem to echo unforgettably. In this volume, the etchings of Rembrandt's lifetime are presented complete, nearly all in their original size, with the fidelity that gravure reproduction makes possible. To respond to the art of Rembrandt is one of the great experiences open to all mankind, and there is no finer approach than through the intimate knowledge of his etchings that this book makes possible. Rembrandt's life has become well known: his early wealth and fame, his short-lived marriage, his later withdrawal into comparative solitude and obscurity. He painted throughout his life, but painting did not exhaust his creativity, neither did his countless drawings. With equal constancy and application, he developed into true magnificence the techniques of etching and drypoint. Etching was not widely practised before Rembrandt. He made of its delicate lines printed on white paper an art of unparalleled variety, from sophisticated simplicity to the richness of plates reworked over and over again. The reader will find the young Rembrandt's works startling in style and subject, then the broadening of his mature work into compositions of every kind - landscapes, portraits, and scenes which may be domestic or religious, or sometimes, in his incomparable fashion, simultaneously both. The etcher's needle is as natural an extension of the artist's hand as his paint brush and his reed pen. The importance of this book for all lovers of Rembrandt's art, for all graphic artists, for all connoisseurs, collectors and students, will be apparent at once. The reader will be profitably guided by Dr Boon's text and will refer to it again and again, finding in it the scholarly and sensitive answers of an authority whose life and career has been spent among Rembrandt's works. Holding, until recently, the post of Chief Curator of Prints in the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam, Dr K. G. Boon is incontestably fitted to illuminate and analyze the graphic work of the greatest of Dutch artists. 

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Ristampa 1977 (l'originale del 1963) - Volume rilegato in tela editoriale color mattone con sovraccoperta, 287 pagine profusamente illustrate con 307 incisioni in nero. In appendice: tavola ripiegata con l'elenco cronologico delle stampe. Copia in condizioni eccellenti, poco o nulla consultata -- The profound humanity of Rembrandt's art is acknowledged everywhere. No artist seems to speak in deeper, quieter tones than he, tones that once heard seem to echo unforgettably. In this volume, the etchings of Rembrandt's lifetime are presented complete, nearly all in their original size, with the fidelity that gravure reproduction makes possible. To respond to the art of Rembrandt is one of the great experiences open to all mankind, and there is no finer approach than through the intimate knowledge of his etchings that this book makes possible. Rembrandt's life has become well known: his early wealth and fame, his short-lived marriage, his later withdrawal into comparative solitude and obscurity. He painted throughout his life, but painting did not exhaust his creativity, neither did his countless drawings. With equal constancy and application, he developed into true magnificence the techniques of etching and drypoint. Etching was not widely practised before Rembrandt. He made of its delicate lines printed on white paper an art of unparalleled variety, from sophisticated simplicity to the richness of plates reworked over and over again. The reader will find the young Rembrandt's works startling in style and subject, then the broadening of his mature work into compositions of every kind - landscapes, portraits, and scenes which may be domestic or religious, or sometimes, in his incomparable fashion, simultaneously both. The etcher's needle is as natural an extension of the artist's hand as his paint brush and his reed pen. The importance of this book for all lovers of Rembrandt's art, for all graphic artists, for all connoisseurs, collectors and students, will be a

• Editore: Thames and Hudson
• Tipologia: Libro usato vintage
• Copertina: hardcover
• Anno edizione: 1977
• EAN: 2570252142530

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