Rembrandt's Reading : : The Artist's Bookshelf of Ancient Poetry and History / / Amy Golahny.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Golahny, Amy,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Rembrandt
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.) :; Richly illustrated
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; PREFACE --; CHAPTER 1. BOOK CULTURE --; CHAPTER 2. REMBRANDT'S TRAINING --; CHAPTER 3. REMBRANDT'S BOOKSHELF PART I --; CHAPTER 4. REMBRANDT'S BOOKSHELF PART II --; CHAPTER 5. REMBRANDT'S BOOKSHELF PART III --; CHAPTER 6. REMBRANDT'S LATER IMAGERY --; CHAPTER 7. ARTIST'S LIBRARIES --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; ILLUSTRATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048505210; 9783110700671; 9783111023786; 9783110662788
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048505210
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Amy Golahny.

Though Rembrandt's study of the Bible has long been recognized, his interest in secular literature has been relatively neglected. In this volume, Amy Golahny uses a 1656 inventory to reconstruct Rembrandt's library, discovering anew how his reading of history contributed to his creative process. In the end, Golahny places Rembrandt in the learned vernacular culture of seventeenth-century Holland, painting a picture of a pragmatic reader whose attention to historical texts strengthened his rivalry with Rubens for visual drama and narrative erudition.