Rembrandt Painting Comparison Essay
Teodor Vitchev
4/18/17
ARTH1102 Art From The Renaissance to Modern Times
Professor Cernuschi
Artist in his Studio
Two paintings, produced about three hundred years apart, of two artists in their respective studios can make for an interesting comparison which could be assumed to have quite a few similarities. However, this is not always the case and these two paintings serve as a good example of differences between pieces that might as well share a title. Firstly, the time periods of the paintings have a definitive impact on their style. Also, one painting was made by a Dutchman, by the name of Rembrandt van Rijn, while the other was made by an American named John Singer Sargent. Their sizes are contrasting with Rembrandt’s painting being …show more content…
However, this difference is based on the time periods in which the art was created as opposed to a personal preference. To continue, their different time periods influenced their different style as seen in Rembrandt’s Baroque painting contrasted with Sargent’s Impressionistic and Realistic tones. These factors being in place, it is easy to see why although they share a concept, that is where most of their similarities end.
The Artist in his Studio is a small painting in which the young Rembrandt seems to try to represent the daunting moments of conception and decision necessary to the creation of a work of art. Rembrandt's painting is a meditation, clearly, on creativity. It is the artist when he is about to address the blank canvas. It is decision time. It is pencil and brush on the canvas time. In the painting, an artist confronts his easel in a studio empty of everything except his essential tools, which include, the space, the light, the easel, bearing a spatially dominant, looming canvas, the palette, the brushes, essential tools, just that, and just the artist, in a moment of contemplation and imminent action. The painting shows the artist stepping back from his canvas, taking it
4/18/17
ARTH1102 Art From The Renaissance to Modern Times
Professor Cernuschi
Artist in his Studio
Two paintings, produced about three hundred years apart, of two artists in their respective studios can make for an interesting comparison which could be assumed to have quite a few similarities. However, this is not always the case and these two paintings serve as a good example of differences between pieces that might as well share a title. Firstly, the time periods of the paintings have a definitive impact on their style. Also, one painting was made by a Dutchman, by the name of Rembrandt van Rijn, while the other was made by an American named John Singer Sargent. Their sizes are contrasting with Rembrandt’s painting being …show more content…
However, this difference is based on the time periods in which the art was created as opposed to a personal preference. To continue, their different time periods influenced their different style as seen in Rembrandt’s Baroque painting contrasted with Sargent’s Impressionistic and Realistic tones. These factors being in place, it is easy to see why although they share a concept, that is where most of their similarities end.
The Artist in his Studio is a small painting in which the young Rembrandt seems to try to represent the daunting moments of conception and decision necessary to the creation of a work of art. Rembrandt's painting is a meditation, clearly, on creativity. It is the artist when he is about to address the blank canvas. It is decision time. It is pencil and brush on the canvas time. In the painting, an artist confronts his easel in a studio empty of everything except his essential tools, which include, the space, the light, the easel, bearing a spatially dominant, looming canvas, the palette, the brushes, essential tools, just that, and just the artist, in a moment of contemplation and imminent action. The painting shows the artist stepping back from his canvas, taking it