APW: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (318 hits)
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Submitted by Fp (View user info) at 2007-04-04 06:05:52 EDT
In a letter to a patron Rembrandt offered the only surviving explanation of what he sought to achieve through his art: the greatest and most natural movement, translated from die meeste ende di naetuereelste beweechgelickheijt. The word "beweechgelickhijt" is also argued to mean "emotion" or "motive". Whether this refers to objectives material or otherwise is open to interpretation; either way, Rembrandt seamlessly melded the earthly and spiritual as has no other painter in Western art
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Submitted by Yahweh (user info) at 2007-04-05 21:18:44 EDT (#)
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Anti-shinebox
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-04-04 10:01:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by shinebox (user info) at 2007-04-04 09:44:58 EDT (#)
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SHINEY SAYS
GO FUCK YOURSELVE
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-04-04 09:14:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-04-04 07:59:59 EDT (#)
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If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much.
I don't know why that phrase came to mind.
"I know why it pleases me..."
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-04-04 07:59:59 EDT (#)
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If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much.
I don't know why that phrase came to mind.
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-04-04 07:25:29 EDT (#)
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Damn talented son of a bitch; not that his mum was a bitch.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-04-04 07:20:28 EDT (#)
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Also :
picture 3 (from the top) ; the anatomy lesson, and
picture 4 ; the nightwatch (nachtwacht in dutch), probably his most famous work, it's huge!
nice post!
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-04-04 07:15:39 EDT (#)
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"beweechgelickhijt" should probably translate in 'flexibility', or
ability to stretch. I still prefer the 'light' of Vermeer, that's magic!
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-04-04 06:55:20 EDT (#)
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Come classics that I have and have not seen....
Submitted by needsnothing (user info) at 2007-04-04 06:39:55 EDT (#)
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It would have been a +2 with the paintings names aswell.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-04-04 06:23:47 EDT (#)
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One of my favourites
Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2007-04-04 06:08:39 EDT (#)
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nice....