Rembrandt's Roughness

Hardback

Main Details

Title Rembrandt's Roughness
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nicola Suthor
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/GenreArt and design styles - c 1600 to c 1800
Painting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9780691172446
ClassificationsDewey:759.9492
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 25 color + 57 b/w illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 3 April 2018
Publication Country United States

Description

Roughness is the sensual quality most often associated with Rembrandt's idiosyncratic style. It best defines the specific structure of his painterly textures, which subtly capture and engage the imagination of the beholder. Rembrandt's Roughness examines how the artist's unconventional technique pushed the possibilities of painting into startling a

Author Biography

Nicola Suthor is professor in the history of art at Yale University.

Reviews

"[A] very ambitious book that analyzes Rembrandt's main works . . . [it] certainly made me look with new eyes at some of the best-known paintings and prints of the Dutch golden age."---Thijs Weststeij, The Art Bulletin