内容简介
Thisdazzling,unconventionalbiographyshowsuswhy,morethanthreecenturiesafterhisdeath,Rembrandtcontinuestoexertsuchaholdonourimagination.Deeplyfamiliartousthroughhisenigmaticself-portraits,fewfactsareknownabouttheLeidenmiller'ssonwhotastedbrieffamebeforefacingfinancialruin(hewasevenforcedtosellhisbelovedwifeSaskia'sgrave).ThetruebiographyofRembrandt,asSimonSchamademonstrates,istobediscoveredinhispictures.Interweavingofseventeenth-centuryHolland,SchamaallowsustoseeRembrandtinacompletelyfreshandoriginalway.
作者简介
SIMONSCHAMAhastaughthistoryatCambridge,Oxford,andHarvarduniversities,wasartcriticfortheNewYorker,andiscurrentlyaprofessorofhistoryandarthistoryatColumbiaUniversity.HeisaprizewinningauthorwhosebooksincludeTheEmbarrassmentofRiches,Citizens,LandscapeandMemory,TheStoryoftheJews,andThePowerofArt,whichhasbeenmadeintoanEmmy-winningtelevisionseries.,,