Rembrandt : an essay in the philosophy of art /
Simmel, Georg,1858-1918.
New York ; London : Routledge,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index.
The expression of inner life -- Continuity of life and the movement of expression -- Being and becoming in a portrait -- The series of portraits and drawings -- Reserve and openness of the portrait figure -- The circle in the depiction of a person -- The animation of the portrait -- Subjective realism and the self-portrait -- Artistic procreation -- Life's past in the painting -- The representation of movement -- The unity of the composition -- Clarity and detailing -- Life and form -- Individualization and the general -- Type and representation -- Conceptions of life -- Observations on the individuality of form and on pantheism -- Death -- Character -- Beauty and perfection -- The individuality of the Renaissance and of Rembrandt -- Types of generality -- The art of old age -- The aspatial gaze -- Mood -- Human fate and the Heraclitean cosmos -- Religious art -- Objective and subjective religion in art -- Piety -- Concrete existence and religious life -- The type of unity in the religious paintings -- Individual religiosity, mystique and Calvinism -- Inner quality [seelenhaftigkeit] -- Religious-artistic creation -- Light: its individuality and immanence -- Excursus: what do we see in a work of art? -- Dogmatic contents -- In conclusion -- The capacity to create and to fashion -- Antitheses in art -- Appendix: works of art mentioned in the text with their dates and current locations -- References for the editor's introduction and footnotes.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
Art