ワークシート真っ暗な背景から、スポットライトを浴びたように人物が浮かびあがる。オランダの画家レンブラントは、光と影を自由にあやつって、絵の中に劇場のようなドラマを生み出しました。代表作《夜警》は、縦横4メートル近い大作。旗をふり、太鼓を打ち、今にも動き出しそうな市民の隊を描いています。
Figures appear out of deep darkness as if lit by a spotlight. The Dutch painter Rembrandt controlled light and shadow to create theater-like drama in his pictures. His masterpiece, The Night Watch, is nearly four meters tall and wide. It shows a city militia company with flags and drums, ready to march off the canvas.
若くして大成功し、アムステルダムで指折りの人気画家になったレンブラント。けれど愛する妻をなくし、集めすぎた美術品などがもとで破産も経験します。彼は生涯にわたり、油絵・版画・素描で約80点の自画像を残しました。自画像はただの日記ではなく、表情や光を研究し、画家としての自分の見せ方を試す場でもありました。若く自信にあふれた顔から、しわの深い晩年の顔まで、その変化をたどってみましょう。
Rembrandt became one of the most popular painters in Amsterdam while still young. But he lost his beloved wife and later went bankrupt, partly because he collected too much art. Throughout his career, he made about 80 self-portraits in paintings, prints and drawings. They were not simply a diary. They also helped him study expressions and light, and try out how to present himself as an artist. Let's follow the changes from his proud young face to his deeply lined old one.
