Rembrandt : an essay in the philosophy of art / Georg Simmel ; translated and edited by Alan Scott and Helmut Staubmann ; with the assistance of K. Peter Etzkorn.
| Author/creator | Simmel, Georg |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2005. |
| Description | xix, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Rembrandt. English |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004026658 |
| ISBN | 0415926696 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 041592670X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | ND653.R4 S513 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |