Rembrandt's Eyes

"In his study of the work, Schama lingers over the minutest detail, showing us how Rembrandt paints the nap of velvet, the bristle of fur or a fuzz of curly hair. Still more impressive is his breadth of knowledge, his mental agility and his alert sensitivity to Rembrandt's expressiveness. For Schama, Rembrandt is not just an orchestrator of feeling but also a cunning thinker, a philosopher and poet. There are shelves full of books on Rembrandt but most seem pedestrian, half-baked and inadequate compared with this.Schama, Simon is the author of 'Rembrandt's Eyes', published 2001 under ISBN 9780375709814 and ISBN 0375709819.