Artistic Thinking – Thinking of the Essence (the Self-portraits of Rembrandt van Rijn)

• Authors: Rubiś Wojciech , Tendera Paulina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Looking at Rembrandt’s self-portraits we follow the course of his artistic development, which clearly reflects three significant stages of the artist’s life. But can these stages be applied to the life of any man? We ask this question because of the main problem discussed in this article – the problem of the essence, which Rembrandt fulfilled in his work. In general, the topics, Rembrandt undertakes, concern the ethos, and similarly in his self-portraits we encounter the ethos of an adolescent, mature and elderly man.

Keywords

EN

painting; interpretation; neo-Platonism; self-portrait; Plotinus

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii - Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Estetyka i Krytyka
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 3(34)
• Pages: 101-118

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Rubiś Wojciech

• Jagiellonian University

author

Tendera Paulina

• Jagiellonian University

Identifiers

ISSN

1643-1243