Rembrandt's Orient : West meets East in Dutch art of the seventeenth century / edited by Bodo Brinkmann, Gabriel Dette, Michael Philipp, Ortrud Westheider ; with contributions by Bodo Brinkmann, Jan de Hond, Gabriel Dette, Corinna Forberg, Susanne Henriette Karau, Michael Philipp, Gary Schwartz, Erik Spaans, Jolanta Talbierska, Roelof van Gelder, Arnoud Vrolijk.

• (from table of contents) Foreword -- Distant inspiration : an introduction to the exhibition / Gary Schwartz -- Essays. The fascination of the East : trade and art in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century / Erik Spaans -- "The exquisiteness of the goods the Indian gives us" : non-European objects in seventeenth-century Dutch still lifes and interiors / Michael Philipp -- "Utterly artless" or "Exceedingly noble" : Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid art in the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Jan de Hond -- Convention and uniqueness : Rembrandt's response to the East / Gary Schwartz -- The fear of Barbary pirates : privateers and Christian slaves in the seventeenth century / Roelof van Gelder -- Knowledge from the East : collecting Oriental manuscripts in the Dutch Republic in the age of Rembrandt / Arnoud Vrolijk -- Catalog of exhibited works. Turbans and silk robes : bringing the Orient home -- Paths to prosperity : trade and war -- Understanding the world : collections and research -- The landscape of the Bible : early Rembrandt and his influences -- Light in the temple : Rembrandt in Amersterdam and his followers -- True to life? Or mere convention? -- Familiarizing the exotic : Rembrandt's adaptation of the Orient.

• "This book sheds light on the fascinating ways Rembrandt and other Golden Age painters were influenced by Eastern culture. In the 17th century, Amsterdam was a vibrant hub of the burgeoning European trade with Asia, Africa, and the Levant, importing copious amounts of foreign items that powerfully stimulated the imagination of numerous Dutch artists. This was notably the case with Rembrandt, whose curiosity and voraciousness as a collector were legendary in his time. Throughout his prolific career, he drew on Eastern influences in genres as diverse as history painting and portraiture, including depictions in which he himself adopted cultural attire. This lavishly illustrated book explores the inventive ways in which Rembrandt and his contemporaries accommodated Eastern imagery into their own repertoire, set within the wider context of Holland's rapidly expanding commercial and cultural exchange with its non-European trading partners. The problematic term "Orient" was widely used in Rembrandt's time and will be discussed at great length in this catalogue."-- 

Ämnesord

Orientalism in art  -- Exhibitions. (LCSH)

Painting, Dutch  -- Asian influences -- Exhibitions. (LCSH)

Painting, Dutch  -- 17th century -- Exhibitions. (LCSH)

Contemporaries.  (fast)

Orientalism in art.  (fast)

Painting, Dutch.  (fast)

1600-1699  (fast)

Genre

Criticism, interpretation, etc.  (fast)

Exhibition catalogs.  (fast)

Exhibition catalogs.  (lcgft)

Utställningskataloger  (gmgpc/swe)

Personnamn

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Exhibitions.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 -- Contemporaries -- Exhibitions.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.

Klassifikation

ND646.5.R3 (LCC)

ND646 (LCC)

N (ämneskategori)

759.9492 (DDC)

700-9492 (DDC)

Ie-a (kssb/8 (machine generated))

I (kssb/8 (machine generated))