Amsterdam University Press Reading Rembrandt: Beyond the Word-Image Opposition (Amsterdam Academic Archive)

Product Description Reading Rembrandt: Beyond the Word-Image Opposition explores the potential for an interdisciplinary methodology between visual art and literature. In a series of close analyses of works by “Rembrandt” – works as we see them today, through all the ways of seeing and commenting that precede – and texts related to those works, Mieke Bal questions the traditional boundaries between literary and visual analysis. Bal also studies Rembrandt’s complex handling of gender and the representation of women in Rembrandt’s painting. The methods used in this study come from both in- and outside the history of art. They demonstrate the author’s sensitivity to the visual aspects of Rembrandt’s work as meaningful. The works by Rembrandt gain in depth and interest, but an original perspective of the role of visuality in our culture also emerges, which ultimately has consequences for our views of gender, the artists, and the act of reading. Review ‘Reading Bal reading “Rembrandt” is like watching a fireworks display.’ Michael Ann Holly, Semiotica From the Inside Flap Reading Rembrandt: Beyond the Word-Image Opposition explores the potential for an interdisciplinary methodology between visual art and literature. In a series of close analyses of works by Rembrandt works as we see them today, through all the ways of seeing and commenting that precede and texts related to those works, Mieke Bal questions the traditional boundaries between literary and visual analysis. Bal also studies Rembrandts complex handling of gender and the representation of women in Rembrandts painting. The methods used in this study come from both in- and outside the history of art. They demonstrate the authors sensitivity to the visual aspects of Rembrandts work as meaningful. The works by Rembrandt gain in depth and interest, but an original perspective of the role of visuality in our culture also emerges, which ultimately has consequences for our views of gender, the artists, and the act of reading. From the Back Cover In Reading Rembrandt: Beyond the Word-Image Opposition onderzoekt Mieke Bal de toepasbaarheid van een interdisciplinaire methodiek voor beeldende kunst en literatuur. Door de bestudering van een reeks van kunstanalyses van de werken van "Rembrandt" - van hedendaagse kunstkritieken tot de verschillende wijzen waarop men vroeger de werken van Rembran About the Author Mieke Bal is a Professor at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and is based at the University of Amsterdam.