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From Rhine
From Rhine
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Title: From Rhine
Author: Sarah Emily Miano
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9789023418696
Condition: Good
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Condition descriptions:
- As New: Hardly any signs of use, almost as new.
- Good: May show minor signs of use, such as some discoloration or a name on the endpapers, but generally no underlining or notes in the text.
- Fair: Book in fair condition. May show signs of use, such as discoloration, reading creases in spine, underlinings, notes, light soiling at edges, dog-ears, or a crooked spine.
- New: Book is new.
Description:
The young publisher Pieter Blaeu falls under the spell of the great master during a visit to the studio of Rembrandt van Rijn. From that moment on, he tries to uncover the secrets of the famous painter like a private detective, assisted by Clara, a young poet who becomes his lover. Who is Rembrandt and what drives him? What elusive truth does he pursue? How come he spends the end of his life in relative poverty and obscurity? Miano lets family members, friends, neighbours, models and patrons talk about Rembrandt: from Spinoza to Jan Six, from his son Titus to Kircher with his magic lantern. The corpse of his famous painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaas Tulp and Rembrandt's house are also vividly presented. In addition, the reader gets a glimpse into the mind of the painter himself, through his fictional but plausible notes on life and painting. Miano elegantly processes all these voices into a coherent whole, in a writing style that is as sparkling as it is descriptive, full of light and shadow, scents, sounds and colours. She takes the reader to seventeenth-century Amsterdam and not only lifts a corner of the veil behind which the master has always hidden, but also brings his city and his time, the Golden Age, to life in an unsurpassed and compelling way.
