This work is a truly hall-of-fame caliber masterpiece, symbolizing the introduction and spread of Western classical art in Japan's Showa era, and delves into the entire oeuvre of Rembrandt van Rijn, the greatest painter born during the 17th-century Dutch "Golden Age." Through large, beautiful prints, it systematically covers Rembrandt's most representative oil paintings, drawings, and etchings from throughout his life. From his ambitious early years and the masterpiece group portrait "The Night Watch," the culmination of his prime, to his profound late self-portraits, which insightfully explored human nature even as he struggled, this book guides readers step-by-step through the highly dramatic life of this "master of light and shadow." Furthermore, inheriting the consistently high-level plate-making techniques boasted by Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, and meticulously focusing on paper quality and color tone correction, it magnificently reproduces Rembrandt's iconic "chiaroscuro" and the delicate texture of his impasto oil paintings.
