H. Perry Chapman, professor emerita, Department of Art History, University of Delaware
Rembrandt was an artist of the newly global Netherlands whose world was largely in his studio and his home. Starting with Rembrandt’s iconic Artist in His Studio, this lecture looks at the studio as a site of making, inventing, and rivalry. It opens out to consider how Rembrandt brought the world—and diverse people of his world—into his studio, through his interest in biblical history and his collecting of past art and of rarities from distant lands. Turning to artistic identity, it explores the studio as site of display in self-portraits by Rembrandt and his contemporaries.
Evening lectures by distinguished guest speakers address a range of topics relating to the appreciation and interpretation of art. They are free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
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