Published on the occasion of the exhibition held Apr. 21-July 18, 2011, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Aug 3.-Oct. 30, 2011, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, and Nov. 20, 2011-Feb. 12, 2012, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Perception and belief: the image of Christ and the meditative turn in Rembrandt's religious art / George S. Keyes -- The heads of Christ: a technical survey / Mark Tucker, Lloyd DeWitt, Ken Sutherland -- Rembrandt's Jesus / Larry Silver, Shelley Perlove -- Testing tradition against nature: Rembrandt's radical new image of Jesus / Lloyd DeWitt -- The heads of Christ in the context of the Tronie / Franziska Gottwald -- The Orient and Rembrandt's redefinition of Christ iconography / Blaise Ducos -- The impassibility of the gods: Rembrandt and Christ / Blaise Ducos.
Summary:
Presents and explores the seven known oil sketches of Christ on oak panels by Rembrandt, along with over 60 paintings, drawings and prints by him and his pupils.
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