First published in 1916 in German, this important work has never been translated into English--until now. Simmel attacks such questions as "What do we see in a work of Art?" and "What do Rembrandt's portraits tell us about human nature?" This is a major work by a major thinker concerning one of the world's most important painters.
Georg Simmel's reflections on the meaning and significance of Rembrandt's work with the aim of developing a new thoerectical perspective for social and cultural analysis.
