I sometimes feel like a rembrant biography swamps him. He his a sor t ras affection. So little about him. Whereas for miror just smooths it out, you very rarely see it. Every now and then you see a little detail where he's let himself go a bit. And because everything else isn't let go, you know, the girl in the red hat, the asha gownn washington,. possibly reember seeing papasara mad ove, sam, the amazing ret of paint. It is sort of stomach churning. I mean, i think one of the problems and one of the liberating factors of a debate like this for you all is that
We compare the works of two of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age: Rembrandt and Vermeer. Making the case for Rembrandt van Rijn in this debate was historian, author and broadcaster Simon Schama. For Schama, Rembrandt's works are raw humanity personified with formal beauty being the least of the painter's concerns. Novelist Tracy Chevalier, however, champions Johannes Vermeer. She claims that the artist's charm lies in the very fact that he absents himself from his paintings and as a result they are less didactic and more magical.
The debate was chaired by art historian, writer and museum director, Tim Marlow.
For a list of works referenced in this debate, along with links to each, please go to:
https://intelligencesquared.com/events/rembrandt-vs-vermeer-titans-of-dutch-painting-simon-schama-tracy-chevalier/
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