Writing Assignment #2
Select one of the following articles, read it carefully and thoughtfully, and type a 1-2 page response (not a review or summary). The addresses below probably will not work as links -- rather, cut and paste the address into your browser, which should take you to the sites. Then, choose the PDFs to see the articles with the illustrations. This is copyrighted material, so I cannot post the entire articles here.
You may also select ONE MORE from among the first group, for this or another of the remaining writing assignments. (Please Note: While your syllabus stipulates 5 writing assignments in total for the term, I only assigned due dates for four of them. So, I will reduce the required number to 4, and reduce the total points for the term to 500. You may do one additional writing assignment for an extra 25 points if you like. The remaining 2 (or 3) must be turned in by July 26th.
§***Title: Indelibly Etched.
Authors: Alpers, Svetlana
Source: Artforum International; Sep2003, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p77, 1p, 1bw
Document Type: Article
Subject Terms: *GRAPHIC arts *EXHIBITIONS
People: ALPERS, Svetlana -- Exhibitions
Abstract: Previews the art exhibition 'Rembrandt's Journey:
Painter, Draftsman, Etcher,' by Svetlana Alpers. Date and venue of the
event; Art pieces included in the exhibition.
ISSN: 1086-7058
Accession Number: 10822991
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§*** Title: Rembrandt as Meditational Printmaker. Authors: Carroll, Margaret Deutsch Source: Art Bulletin; Dec81, Vol. 63 Issue 4, p585, 26p, 10bw
Abstract: Analyzes the prints 'Christ Presented to the People' and 'The Three Crosses,' by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. Symbolic warnings in the print 'Christ Presented to the People'; Explanation on the redemptive significance of the condemnation of Christ in the print.
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§*** "Expression, Temperament and Imagination in Rembrandt's Earliest Self-Portraits". By: Chapman, H. Perry . Art History , Jun89, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p158, 24p ; ( AN 7346241 )
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§*** 'Judicious Negligence': Rembrandt Transforms an Emblematic Convention. By: Dickey, Stephanie S. . Art Bulletin , Jun86, Vol. 68 Issue 2, p253, 10p ; ( AN 5316050 )
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§***Title: Origins and meanings of Rembrandt's late drawing style.
Authors: Courtright, Nicola
Source: Art Bulletin; Sep96, Vol. 78 Issue 3, p485, 26p, 21bw
Document Type: Article
Subject Terms: *DRAWING -- 17th century
People: REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
Abstract: Shows the origins of 17th-century artist Rembrandt
Harmenszon van Rijn's late drawing style in established graphic traditions. Artist's relationship to established drawing traditions; Hallmarks of masterly drawing in art literature; Departure from
established traditions of drawing; Ancient plain style.
Full Text Word Count: 21994
ISSN: 0004-3079
Accession Number: 9609270292
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§***Title: The Naked Rembrandt.
Authors: Schama, Simon
Source: New Yorker; 10/11/99, Vol. 75 Issue 30, p60, 16p, 5 cartoons, 4c, 2bw
Document Type: Article
Abstract: Explains why Rembrandt van Rijn, a painter in Amsterdam,
Netherlands, decided to create nude paintings. Information on Rembrandt's life; Samples of his famous nude paintings; Criticism to his
paintings; Wife of the Rembrandt.
ISSN: 0028-792X
Accession Number: 2446323
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§ ***Title: Rembrandt's Early Double Portraits and the Dutch Conversation Piece. Authors: Smith, David R. Source: Art Bulletin; Jun82, Vol. 64 Issue 2, p259, 30p. Document Type: Article
Abstract: Deals with some problems of vocabulary and meaning in artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn's double portraits of the 1630s. Emergence of marriage and domestic life in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries; Information on the painting 'Portrait of Cornelis van der Graecht and Jobje Brootmans,' by Simon Kick and Salomon van Ruysdael; Conflict between formal and psychological conventions of Dutch portraiture and narrative.
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§***'I JANUS:' PRIVACY AND THE GENTLEMANLY IDEAL IN REMBRANDT'S PORTRAITS OF JAN SIX. By: Smith, David R. . Art History , Mar88, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p42, 30p ; ( AN 7355637 )
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§***Title: Views of Harlem: A Reconsideration of Ruisdael and Rembrandt. Author: Stone-Ferrier, Linda. Source: Art Bulletin; Sep85, Vol. 67 Issue 3, p417, 20p, 25c
Subject Terms: *LANDSCAPE painting *CITIES & towns 17th century Geographic Terms: NETHERLANDS
People: VAN Ruisdael, Jacob
Abstract: Describes the paintings of landscapist Jacob van Ruisdael depicting the 17th century city of Harlem in the Netherlands . Industry featured in the paintings; Towns depicted in the paintings; Disputes among art historians concerning the identification of locales depicted in the paintings.
ISSN: 0004-3079 Accession Number: 5312966
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§***REMBRANDT'S LANDSCAPE ETCHINGS: DEFYING MODERNITY'S ENCROACHMENT. By: Stone-Ferrier, Linda . Art History , Dec92, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p403, 31p ; ( AN 7052084 )
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§*** Title: Encountering Difference: Rembrandt's Presentation in the Dark
Manner.
Authors: Zell, Michael
Source: Art History; Nov2000, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p496, 26p, 17bw
Document Type: Article
Subject Terms: *CRITICISM
*ART & religion
JESUS Christ -- Presentation
People: REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
Abstract: Rembrandt's etching of The Presentation of Christ in the Temple of c. 1654 has long been understood to represent a radical break from the protocols of pictorial and scriptural tradition. The significance of this theological inflection, however, has yet to be investigated. This study locates Rembrandt's dramatic reformulation of the biblical event within a distinctive historical and religious context by considering the artist's involvement with Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel, the foremost Jewish apologist of the seventeenth century. In 1655 Rembrandt illustrated the rabbi's messianic treatise, Piedra Gloriosa, a book which emerged from and was fashioned to appeal directly to a movement within Dutch Protestantism known as 'philosemitism'. Philosemitic texts are shown to correspond theologically with Rembrandt's transformation of the scene into a confrontation between the universalist message of the Christian Gospel and the authority and ceremonial of Jewish law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Full Text Word Count: 11101
ISSN: 0141-6790
Accession Number: 4335196
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ADDITIONAL BRIEF ESSAYS YOU MAY WANT FOR YOUR RESEARCH (not for writing assignments):
§*** Title: Steen's Scenes. Authors: Berwick, Carly
Source: Art News; Oct2001, Vol. 100 Issue 9, p36, 2/7p, 1c.
ART & Home (Exhibition)
People: STEEN, Jan
WESTERMANN, Mariet
Abstract: Reports on the holding of the exhibition entitled 'Art
and Home: Dutch Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt' at the Newark Museum in New Jersey. Curator Mariet Westermann's comment the similarity of the image depicted in Dutch domestic paintings and the set of American
sitcoms; General description of the works by Dutch painter Jan Steen.
ISSN: 0004-3273
Accession Number: 5745666
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§*** Title: Studies of Self. Authors: Kramer, Hilton. Source: Art & Antiques; Apr2004, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p94, 2p.§ Abstract: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was the most disabused of the Old Master painters, shunning all temptation to idealize his subjects, whether they were drawn from biblical narratives or his own immediate experience. Even by the exacting standards of 17th-century Dutch realism, Rembrandt's candor, his unflinching loyalty to the actualities of the human condition, set him apart from his contemporaries. So did the virtuosity of his draftsmanship and his command of luminous color that van Gogh once characterized as "Rembrandt's gold." Rembrandt brought a similar candor to his biblical subjects, as we see in the marvelous exhibition "Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher," which Clifford S. Ackley and his colleagues have organized at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts and the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois.
Author Affiliations: 1Art & Antiques' long-established art critic, is the editor of The New Criterion.
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§*** Title: Dutch Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt.
Source: Art in America; Aug2001, Vol. 89 Issue 8, p26, 1/9p
Document Type: Article
Subject Terms: *ART, Dutch
*EXHIBITIONS
Geographic Terms: NEWARK (N.J.)
Abstract: Presents the exhibition, entitled `Art and Home: Dutch
Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt,' featuring paintings and works on paper and decorative objects by Dutch interior artists, at the Newark Museum of Art in New Jersey. Artists whose works are included in the
exhibition; Museum itinerary.
ISSN: 0004-3214
Accession Number: 11104667
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