Rembrandt and the Female Nude

by Eric Jan Sluijter

Rembrandt's extraordinary paintings of female nudes--Andromeda, Susanna, Diana and her Nymphs, Dana , Bathsheba--as well as his etchings of nude women, have fascinated many generations of art lovers and art historians. But they also elicited vehement criticism when first shown, described as against-the-grain, anticlassical--even ugly and unpleasant. However, Rembrandt chose conventional subjects, kept close to time-honored...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9053568379
• ISBN13: 9789053568378
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 4.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.4" x 10.4"