Rembrandt: Genius,or just plain sloppy?

muesli_offire · 2005-11-09 18:20:44

Just saw several Rembrandts in Louvre recently - Self-portrait, The Flayed Ox, etc - Can anyone give me the nitty-gritty on his style/method and its novelty (or otherwise)?

09-11-2005 06:20PM

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Just saw several Rembrandts in Louvre recently - Self-portrait, The Flayed Ox, etc - Can anyone give me the nitty-gritty on his style/method and its novelty (or otherwise)?

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#2 09-11-2005 08:09PM

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Rembrandt is not messy. This is messy:

Rembrandt is using the sensual possibilities of the paint. Is that what you mean by "messy"? Rembrandt is not a novelty. Its serious stuff.

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I did not use the word "messy".

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#4 09-11-2005 10:21PM

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sloppy and messy have similiar connotations.

my opinion of his work would be that he used good, rich brushwork and from what i know he was an expert in the technique of chiarscuro.

i also like the use of light in some of his pictures eg this one, i think it brings up the skin tones pretty well.

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