Refuse To Compromise (died on this day 4 October 1669) #shorts #quotes #history #arthistory

Merci ! Partagez avec vos amis !

Vous avez aimé cette vidéo, merci de votre vote !

Ajoutées 1 année by admin

40 Vues

The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was at the height of his popularity when he began to fall out of favor in accordance with a change in Dutch tastes in art. During the 1640s wealthy citizens, perhaps growing soft in their security, developed a fondness for showiness and elegance. They began to prefer the bright colors and graceful manner that had been initiated by such painters as the fashionable Flemish portraitist Anthony van Dyck who lacked Rembrandt's depth. Rembrandt's use of chiaroscuro dissatisfied them too, and they turned away from an artist who seemed "dark" and too demanding for an increasingly refined and jovial age. His stubborn refusal to accommodate the wishes of clients eventually destabilized his patronage base. Even when he desperately needed money, Rembrandt refused to compromise his artistic standards and “to prstitute his art by catering to the tastes of the stupid, backward public." “Practice what you know," he once advised a student, "and it will help to make clear what now you do not know; a student full of doubt is unable to move forwards and to judge well the truth.”
---
#rembrandt #arthistory #art #biography #onthisday #todayinhistory #amsterdam #dutch #painting #anthonyvandyck #vivaldi #baroque #stoicism #lesson