Paints Made of Color and Colorless Glass in Rembrandt’s Painting

The painting technique of Rembrandt, one of the greatest artists in world history, is of particular interest. Without knowing its features it is impossible to understand pictorial effects created by him. The article attempts to interpret results of research on a number of works by Rembrandt and presence of colorless and colored (blue and yellow) glass in composition of paints. The photographs of pigments made of color and colorless glass, rock crystal and lapis lazuli were taken at 20- and 50-fold magnification that allows a clearer understanding of their optical, coloristic and textural functions in a paint layer. The authors describe a technique of adding chalk to oil paints. It is directly related to the method of impasto painting developed and widely employed by Rembrandt in the late period of his life. Using a limited palette of colors with excellent optical properties, Rembrandt achieved unique color and chiaroscuro effects.

техника живописи, пигменты из стекла, живопись рембрандта, техника рембрандта, палитра рембрандта, смальта, искусственный аурипигмент, тёртое бесцветное стекло в живописи, мел в живописи, краски из кристаллических минералов, техника импасто, лессировка, painting technique, glass pigments, Rembrandt’s painting, Rembrandt's technique, Rembrandt's palette, smalt, artificial orpiment, ground colorless glass in painting, chalk in painting, crystalline mineral paints, impasto technique, glazing

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