Vintenon, Alice. La Fantaisie philosophique à la Renaissance

comptes rendus 421 interprets images to shed light on "pictorial phenomena that seem to resist reading" and to "understand the semantic function of these phenomena within the composition" (195).She concentrates on the "anomalies of depiction, " the "language of the painter" (195).She finds Edmund Husserl helpful in explaining Rembrandt's art and its texture and finish (when he says it is done).The mimesis may be in red, while the "empty horizon" (Husserl) in the self-portraits shows the intimacy of the illusion in the rough paint .This book opens up Rembrandt, his art, and his world

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