Is there no end to the genius of Rembrandt? His paintings, revered as game-changing masterpieces, are beloved the world over in no small part for his breathtaking skill. However, a new study proposes ...

A landscape painting at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin that was long attributed to Govert Flinck, a student of Rembrandt van Rijn, is now believed to be by the famed Dutch painter himself. Thanks to ...

Data scientists have long tried to quantify the artist's creative genius. This spring, one project came closer than any other. For years, curators have attempted to use the latest technology to help ...

Throughout the history of art, artists and paintings, the chiaroscuro technique has been used, made famous and put the audience in awe and surprise. Chiaroscuro has been used by numerous artists to ...

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It has been 350 years since Rembrandt van Rijn died penniless in Amsterdam on Oct. 4, 1669, but there’s much modern Americans can learn from the deceased Dutch master through the works he left behind.

Rembrandt may have traced his celebrated self-portraits from optical projections created by assemblies of mirrors or lenses, a new analysis suggests. Two U.K.-based researchers — Francis O'Neill, an ...

If you look into the eerie darkness that stretches out to the frames in many of Rembrandt's paintings, you can sometimes discern shadows and mysterious figures lurking in the background. Take a closer ...

From Citizen Kane to The Godfather, the cinematography and lighting of several iconic films have kept us glued to our screens. It is not just the expression filled actors that manage to convey the ...