Andrew loomis 06 the eye of the painter and the elements of beauty

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The Twelfth Night Feast by Jan Steen, THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, CLEVELAND

Rembrandt and other Dutch painters purposely cut their light down to a small opening in order to concentrate lighl where they wanted it. This was how Rembrandt caused his figures to loom mysteriously out of darkness, but such concentration also resulted in more solid form

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