Black in Rembrandt's time

Black in Rembrandt's time / [editors, Elmer Kolfin, Epco Runia ; text, Stephanie Archangel, Elmer Kolfin, Mark Ponte, Epco Runia, Marieke de Winkel, David de Witt ; translation, David McKay, Open Book Translations, Lynne and Paul Richards, Kist & Kilian].

"An in-depth look at the depiction of black people by Rembrandt and his contemporaries. Documents an exhibition at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam from March 6 - May 31, 2020. This exhibition catalogue tells the story of the black community in 17th century Dutch society and reveals how...

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Corporate Author: Kist & Kilian (Translator)
Other Authors: Kolfin, Elmer (Editor, Contributor), Runia, Epco (Editor, Contributor), Archangel, Stephanie (Contributor), Ponte, Mark (Contributor), Winkel, Marieke de (Contributor), De Witt, David (Contributor), McKay, David, 1973- (Translator), Richards, Lynne (Translator), Richards, Paul (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Dutch
Published: Zwolle : Amsterdam : WBOOKS ; The Rembrandt House Museum, [2020]
Subjects:
Blacks in art > Exhibitions.
Blacks > Netherlands > History > 17th century > Pictorial works > Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
History.
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Summary:"An in-depth look at the depiction of black people by Rembrandt and his contemporaries. Documents an exhibition at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam from March 6 - May 31, 2020. This exhibition catalogue tells the story of the black community in 17th century Dutch society and reveals how attitudes to race were expressed in the portrayal of black figures in Dutch art. Black people were present in 17th-century Holland, both in society and in art. This subject has long remained in the shadows, a situation this ground-breaking exhibition addresses. Rembrandt and many of his contemporaries made magnificent works of art that depict people of color. There was a small community of around 80 free black people of color living in the Jodenbreestraat neighborhood of Amsterdam during Rembrandt's lifetime. Painters during this period portrayed individual black models from life, and in a number of cases they formed the main subject of the art work. This book explores the conditions that gave rise to these remarkable works of art and the reasons the public image of black people changed from about 1660 onward. It tells the stories of the Dutch artists who aimed to capture their multi-racial world, and the impact of transatlantic slavery"--Publisher description.
Item Description:Catalog of the exhibition "HERE. Black in Rembrandt's Time" held in The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, March 5-May 31, 2020.
Physical Description:135 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plan, color portraits ; 28 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789462583726
9462583722
Language:Translated from the original Dutch into English. Includes quotations in Dutch.

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