Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India
$82.00
| Author: | Edited by Stephanie schrader with contributions by Catherine Glynn, Yael Rice and William W Robinson |
| ISBN 13: | 9789383243228 |
| Binding: | Hardbound |
| Language: | English |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Subject: | Art and Archaeology/Painting and Sculpture |
About the Book
This sumptuously illustrated volume examines the impact of Indian art and culture on Rembrandt (1606-69) in the late 1650s. By pairing Rembrandt's twenty-two extant drawings of Shah Jahan, Jahangir, Dara Shikoh, and other Mughal courtiers with Mughal paintings of similar compositions, the book critiques the prevailing notion that Rembrandt