Rembrandt
Subtitle: an essay in the philosophy of art
By: Georg Simmel ; translated and edited by Alan Scott and Helmut Staubmann ; with the assistance of K. Peter Etzkorn
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, -- 1606-1669 -- Criticism and interpretation; Art -- Philosophy
Work titles: Rembrandt.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index
Table of contents: title: The expression of inner life; title: Continuity of life and the movement of expression; title: Being and becoming in a portrait; title: The series of portraits and drawings; title: Reserve and openness of the portrait figure; title: The circle in the depiction of a person; title: The animation of the portrait; title: Subjective realism and the self-portrait; title: Artistic procreation; title: Life's past in the painting; title: The representation of movement; title: The unity of the composition; title: Clarity and detailing; title: Life and form; title: Individualization and the general; title: Type and representation; title: Conceptions of life; title: Observations on the individuality of form and on pantheism; title: Death; title: Character; title: Beauty and perfection; title: The individuality of the Renaissance and of Rembrandt; title: Types of generality; title: The art of old age; title: The aspatial gaze; title: Mood; title: Human fate and the Heraclitean cosmos; title: Religious art; title: Objective and subjective religion in art; title: Piety; title: Concrete existence and religious life; title: The type of unity in the religious paintings; title: Individual religiosity, mystique and Calvinism; title: Inner quality [seelenhaftigkeit]; title: Religious-artistic creation; title: Light: its individuality and immanence; title: Excursus: what do we see in a work of art?; title: Dogmatic contents; title: In conclusion; title: The capacity to create and to fashion; title: Antitheses in art; title: Appendix: works of art mentioned in the text with their dates and current locations; title: References for the editor's introduction and footnotes