{"id":5793,"date":"2023-04-04T16:02:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T23:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthistory.ucr.edu\/?p=5793"},"modified":"2023-04-04T16:10:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T23:10:42","slug":"vision-touch-and-memory-rembrandts-aristotle-with-the-bust-of-homer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.ucr.edu\/vision-touch-and-memory-rembrandts-aristotle-with-the-bust-of-homer\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision, Touch, and Memory. Rembrandt’s Aristotle with the Bust of Homer."},"content":{"rendered":"

Vision, Touch, and Memory. Rembrandt’s Aristotle with the Bust of Homer.<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n

Lecture by Jeanette Kohl as part of the exhibition Idols & Rivals at the Kunsthorisches Museum in Vienna.<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Rembrandt, Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653<\/p><\/div>\n

A contextualized interpretation of Rembrandt’s famous Portrait of Aristotle with the Bust of Homer (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), this lecture discusses the importance of sculpture as a key medium of memory. A detailed analysis will show how Rembrandt transformed established thought patterns of competition (among the arts, among artists, with antiquity) and traditional art-historical dichotomies (seeing vs. feeling, materiality vs. intellect, presence vs. impermanence) into a remarkably complex play across genres creating a painted philosophy of touch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Read more (in German) at https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2fhyw3jw<\/a><\/div>\n
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View Dr. Kohl’s entire presentation at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&v=FaZPtIEOwX4<\/a><\/div>\n

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