Rembrandt's: Bathsheba Reading King David's Letter
Material type: TextSeries: Masterpieces of Western PaintingPublication details: . Cambridge University Press 1998Description: 230pISBN: 9780521459860Subject(s): Visual art | King David's Letter | Rembrandt | Art History | PaintingsDDC classification: ARTVItem type | Current library | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Arthshila Santiniketan Shelf: L2 | ARTV/ADA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | BK00360 |
Rembrandt's masterful Bathsheba Reading King David's Letter is unusual both as a history painting and as a portrayal of a nude. Instead of displaying a sumptuous body for the viewer's delectation, Bathsheba elicits our empathy. This collection of essays by seven leading Rembrandt scholars examines its qualities from perspectives ranging from changing perceptions of female beauty and the nude, technical analysis, and biographical and psychological analysis of the artist, the subject, and the viewer. The juxtaposition of these different approaches to a single work highlights how both the artist and his art are constructed through the questions we ask, and facilitates a comparison of some of the different approaches practiced by art historians today.
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