Shadow and Substance - Rembrandt Self-Portraits.(Brief Article) From: World and I | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: OSMOND, SUSAN FEGLEY | COPYRIGHT 2000 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The debate over why Rembrandt made nearly ninety self-portraits continues, but the first exhibition devoted to these works reveals a profound forty-year exploration of what it is to be human.

The currents and crosscurrents of opinion in the field of art history are many and strong, and sometimes there are perilous riptides. Scholars and art critics of one era will set forth views that experts of later eras will decry, and in this ceaseless process sometimes the baby is t...

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