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Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction and from the celebrated author of White Teeth comes another bestselling masterwork Having hit bestseller lists from the New York Times to the San Francisco Chronicle , this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. On Beauty is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, ... (more)

The Return of the Prodigal Son : A Story of Homecoming

The Return of the Prodigal Son : A Story of Homecoming

by Henry J. M. Nouwen, Henri J. M. Nouwen

Seeing a reproduction of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell.

The Mystery of the Third Lucretia

by Susan Runholt

If it hadn’t been for Lucas’s photographic memory, they might not have remembered the man. It had been almost a year since she and Kari had noticed him copying the famous Rembrandt painting in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. But now in the National Gallery in London, they’re sure it’s the same guy, copying another Rembrandt. What is going on? The International Herald Tribune gives them their answer. A... (more)

Rembrandt's Eyes

by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Simon Schama

For Rembrandt as for Shakespeare, all the world was indeed a stage, and he knew in exhaustive detail the tactics of its performance; the strutting and mincing; the wardrobe and the face paint; the full repertoire of gesture and grimace; the flutter of hands and the roll of the eyes; the belly laugh and the half-stifled sob. He knew what it looked like to seduce, to intimidate, to wheedle, and to console; to strike... (more)

Rembrandt: The Painter at Work

by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Ernst van de Wetering

Rembrandt's intriguing painting technique has stirred the imagination of art lovers during his lifetime and ever since. In this book, Rembrandt's pictorial intentions and the variety of materials and techniques he applied to create his fascinating effects are unraveled in depth. At the same time, this "archaeology"of Rembrandt's paintings yields information on many other levels. In art-historical research,... (more)

Rembrandt And Titus: Artist And Son

by Madeleine Comora

A son explores his father’s genius Rembrandt’s art is easily recognized by his masterful use of light and darkness. But why would Rembrandt choose to paint objects in such a way? Titus learned a lot about his father from what he painted and how he painted. Now children can learn about one of the most influential artists of all time from an adoring son’s perspective. • Thomas Locker is a prolific,... (more)

Art in the Making: Rembrandt: New Edition (Art in the Making)

Art in the Making: Rembrandt: New Edition (Art in the Making)

by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Rembrandt (1606–1669) is generally regarded as the finest painter of the Dutch “Golden Age.” This new edition of Art in the Making: Rembrandt (published on the 400th anniversary of the artist’s birth) reexamines 21 paintings firmly attributed to Rembrandt and 6 now assigned to followers. It reassesses his technique, materials, and working methods in the light of significant scholarly developments over the last... (more)

I Am Rembrandt's Daughter

by Lynn Cullen

With her mother dead of the plague, and her beloved brother newly married and moved away, Cornelia van Rijn finds herself without a friend or confidante—save her difficult father. Out of favor with Amsterdam’s elite, and considered brash and unreasonable by his patrons, Rembrandt van Rijn, once revered, is now teetering on the brink of madness. Cornelia alone must care for him, though she herself is haunted by... (more)

Rembrandt: The Master and His Workshop : Paintings/Drawings and Etchings

Rembrandt: The Master and His Workshop : Paintings/Drawings and Etchings

by Sally Salvesen, Christopher Brown, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Contains two volumes which together discuss Rembrandt's life, technique, the organization of his workshop and the critical response to him. They present studies of 51 paintings, 40 etchings and 40 drawings definitely attributed to Rembrandt and discuss work attributed to his pupils.

Rembrandt's Enterprise: The Studio and the Market

Rembrandt's Enterprise: The Studio and the Market

by Svetlana Alpers

"Singularly interesting and stimulating. . . . A passionate and original work of scholarship."—Richard Wollheim, Times Literary Supplement "With the publication <of Rembrandt's Enterprise >, Svetlana Alpers has firmly established herself in the front ranks of art historians at work today. . . . The book is not a long one. Yet, there is more perceptive scholarship packed into its four chapters than is... (more)

The Rise of the Cult of Rembrandt: Reinventing an Old Master in Nineteenth-Century France

The Rise of the Cult of Rembrandt: Reinventing an Old Master in Nineteenth-Century France

by McQueen Alison

Rembrandt's life and art had an almost mythic resonance in nineteenth-century France with artists, critics, and collectors alike using his artistic persona both as a benchmark and as justification for their own goals. This first in-depth study of the traditional critical reception of Rembrandt reveals the preoccupation with his perceived "authenticity," "naturalism," and "naiveté," demonstrating how the artist... (more)

Rembrandt and the Italian RenaissanceKenneth Clark

Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance

by Kenneth Clark

Rembrandt, Life and Work (Landmarks in Art History)Jakob Rosenberg

Rembrandt, Life and Work (Landmarks in Art History)

by Jakob Rosenberg

The Treasures of Rembrandt

by Michiel Roscam Abbing

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the birth of one of the world's greatest artists, Rembrandt Harmenzs van Rijn, The Treasures of Rembrandt looks at the many facets of his life and work?the self-portraits, the inspirational Biblical masterpieces, his etchings and engravings, and landscapes. Containing some 30 items of removable facsimile documents, the book begins with a look at the Golden Age of Dutch painting... (more)

Rembrandt: The Christmas Story

by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Universally acclaimed as one of the greatest artists of all time, Rembrandt often turned to Scripture for inspiration. Many of his works, crafted with vitality and emotion that stir the spirit, depict events of the Christmas story. This unique collection of reproductions of color oils, drawings, and black and white etchings depict everything from the angel Gabriel's announcement of Jesus' birth to the adoration... (more)

Steps Towards RembrandtH. Van De Waal, H. Van De Waal

Steps Towards Rembrandt

by H. van de Waal

Paperback.

Rembrandt PaintingsHorst Rembrandt] Gerson

Rembrandt Paintings

by Horst Rembrandt] Gerson

Rembrandt En De Regels Van De Kunst.J.A. EMMENS

Rembrandt En De Regels Van De Kunst.

by J.A. EMMENS

Een gloeiend palet: Schilderijen van Rembrandt en zijn schoolMuseum Boymans-Van Beuningen

Een gloeiend palet: Schilderijen van Rembrandt en zijn school

by Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen

Text: Dutch, English

Rembrandt Zijn Kunst En Zijn Leven Met 82 Afbeeldingen Naar Schilderijen, Etsen En Teekeningen

Signed by Author. Luxe-editie: van dit werk zijn honderd genummerde exemplaren gedrukt op Hollandsch papier van Van Gelder Zonen, ze zijn in kunstleder gebonden en door den schrijver geteekend. Met 82 Afbeeldingen Naar Schilderijen, Etsen En Teekeningen (paintings, etchings)

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by Zadie Smith

by Henry J. M. Nouwen, Henri J. M. Nouwen

by Susan Runholt

by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Simon Schama

by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Ernst van de Wetering

by Madeleine Comora

by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

by Lynn Cullen

by Sally Salvesen, Christopher Brown, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

by Svetlana Alpers

by McQueen Alison

by Kenneth Clark

by Jakob Rosenberg

by Michiel Roscam Abbing

by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

by H. van de Waal

by Horst Rembrandt] Gerson

by J.A. EMMENS

by Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen