Maddison Wright
Intro to Art History
12/3/2013
Another oil painting by Rembrandt done in 1633 portrays certain areas of lightness and darkness. The carefully painted sail boat and canoe, stranded in the middle of a storm, was titled “Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee.” To the very right vertical edge of the painting there is mostly blackness, which extends horizontally across the bottom of the painting. Right under the boat are brighter whites and and blues; which curve up horizontally around the boat and up the left side into the lightened clouds. The left side of the painting that shows darker colors shows specifically accented paint strokes started from the middle and curving down into the ocean. It seems as though the boat is painted in the middle of a big oval (represented by the ocean and clouds). The higher up on the tilted boat a person is, the brighter the colors. In the darker shadows of the painting, you see many people hovering over Jesus to keep him safe any way they can. The energy through this painting is a sense of obvious struggle and grasp for any hope they have left.
The last picture to show how Rembrandt always using his own light and dark technique is a self-portrait of him painted in 1629.
Around the year 1631, for a decade, Rembrandt was at the top of his fame feeling success and personal happiness. Years to follow his life would soon go spiraling down into hardships. Rembrandt married in 1634 to Saskia van Uijlenburgh who gave his name even greater fame. During their marriage they tragically had four failed births but in 1641 finally gave birth to a son named Titus. Another tragedy took place in 1642 when his wife Saskia died along with his son Titus dying in the year 1668; then a year later Rembrandt passed away. Rembrandt spent most of his life frantically trying to pay off his debt.
Intro to Art History
12/3/2013
17th & 18th Century: Rembrandt
Rembrandt was born into the Dutch society which focused on family, business, and social organizations. Born the son of a miller in the city of Leiden, Rembrandt started to immerse in art and by age 20 had his own students learning from him. He adopted a dramatic lighting technique learned from Caravaggio. This can be seen in one of his groups portraits’ titled, “Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq’s Company of the Civic Guard.” The lighting in this painting is primarily darker colors with the background nearly black. Rembrandt placed a spotlight on a few people by painting them with light colors such as white or a darker color like red. This painting had a heavy layer of varnish on top of the oil paint and sat by a fireplace for a while, making his piece become darkened and feeling like a “nighttime scene.” The nickname given to this piece based on its darkening colors was “The Night Watch.”Another oil painting by Rembrandt done in 1633 portrays certain areas of lightness and darkness. The carefully painted sail boat and canoe, stranded in the middle of a storm, was titled “Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee.” To the very right vertical edge of the painting there is mostly blackness, which extends horizontally across the bottom of the painting. Right under the boat are brighter whites and and blues; which curve up horizontally around the boat and up the left side into the lightened clouds. The left side of the painting that shows darker colors shows specifically accented paint strokes started from the middle and curving down into the ocean. It seems as though the boat is painted in the middle of a big oval (represented by the ocean and clouds). The higher up on the tilted boat a person is, the brighter the colors. In the darker shadows of the painting, you see many people hovering over Jesus to keep him safe any way they can. The energy through this painting is a sense of obvious struggle and grasp for any hope they have left.
The last picture to show how Rembrandt always using his own light and dark technique is a self-portrait of him painted in 1629.
Around the year 1631, for a decade, Rembrandt was at the top of his fame feeling success and personal happiness. Years to follow his life would soon go spiraling down into hardships. Rembrandt married in 1634 to Saskia van Uijlenburgh who gave his name even greater fame. During their marriage they tragically had four failed births but in 1641 finally gave birth to a son named Titus. Another tragedy took place in 1642 when his wife Saskia died along with his son Titus dying in the year 1668; then a year later Rembrandt passed away. Rembrandt spent most of his life frantically trying to pay off his debt.
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