Rembrandt lighting is characterized by an illuminated triangle under the eye of the subject, on the less illuminated side of the face, says Wikipedia.
One side of the face is lit well from the main light source while the other side of the face uses the interaction of shadows and light, also known as chiaroscuro, to create this geometric form on the face.
chiaroscuro: (Italian, "light-dark") in art is characterized by strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.
It is also a term for using contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects such as the human body.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606 -1669
- Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history.[2]
Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, his later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships.
Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high,[3] and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters.[4]
Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. His self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity.[2]
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