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The Emotions and the Sublime<\/h1>\n

Expression and Perception in Rembrandt\u2019s History Painting<\/h2>\n

Nafsika Litsardopoulou<\/a><\/p>\n

As I believe that the idea about the lifelike depiction of emotions does not resolve the question about the timeless attraction that Rembrandt\u2019s art exerts, since the issue of verisimilitude may be linked to different criteria, I opt for a different approach. Certain positions to Rembrandt\u2019s work indicate an important affinity to the sublime, as expressed by Longinus, while the Longinian sublime is reformulated in Dutch seventeenth-century texts. Accordingly, I move from the viewer\u2019s empathy to a response that perceives the depicted stories and emotions within the framework of the sublime; not necessarily as experienced emotions with which the viewer can identify, but as expressions of a complex circumstance which includes the exceptional, vastness, transcendence, or darkness and fear. To put it differently, I try to trace the sublime in Rembrandt\u2019s history painting, not as the painter\u2019s intended goal, but as a possible approach within a dynamic process that involves the viewer\u2019s stance towards the artwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeven resistless warriors-captains
\nhave slit a bullock\u2019s throat over an iron-rimmed shield, and
\nhave brushed their hands over the bullock\u2019s blood and sworn
\nan oath by War and Havoc and Terror, the lover of blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Longinus on Aeschylus<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-960-08-0889-6
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\n\u03a3\u03c7\u03ae\u03bc\u03b1: 14×21
\n\u03a4\u03b9\u03bc\u03ae: 18\u20ac<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Expression and Perception in Rembrandt\u2019s History Painting<\/h2>\n

Nafsika Litsardopoulou<\/a><\/p>\n

As I believe that the idea about the lifelike depiction of emotions does not resolve the question about the timeless attraction that Rembrandt\u2019s art exerts, since the issue of verisimilitude may be linked to different criteria, I opt for a different approach. Certain positions to Rembrandt\u2019s work indicate an important affinity to the sublime, as expressed by Longinus, while the Longinian sublime is reformulated in Dutch seventeenth-century texts. Accordingly, I move from the viewer\u2019s empathy to a response that perceives the depicted stories and emotions within the framework of the sublime; not necessarily as experienced emotions with which the viewer can identify, but as expressions of a complex circumstance which includes the exceptional, vastness, transcendence, or darkness and fear. To put it differently, I try to trace the sublime in Rembrandt\u2019s history painting, not as the painter\u2019s intended goal, but as a possible approach within a dynamic process that involves the viewer\u2019s stance towards the artwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeven resistless warriors-captains
\nhave slit a bullock\u2019s throat over an iron-rimmed shield, and
\nhave brushed their hands over the bullock\u2019s blood and sworn
\nan oath by War and Havoc and Terror, the lover of blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Longinus on Aeschylus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[654],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4874","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-techni","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"sale","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isideris.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/4874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isideris.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isideris.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isideris.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isideris.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isideris.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isideris.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=4874"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isideris.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=4874"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isideris.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=4874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}