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Definition of Rembrandtesque
1. Adjective. In the manner of Rembrandt.
Definition of Rembrandtesque
1. Adjective. (nonstandard) Resembling or similar to the effects and/or techniques of Rembrandt van Rijn, especially in chiaroscuro. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rembrandtesque
Literary usage of Rembrandtesque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1887)
"The funeral scenes are portrayed with Rembrandtesque touches that leave no phase
of horror unexpressed. The whole effect is oppressively somber. ..."
2. A Ride in Egypt, from Sioot to Luxor in 1879: From Sioot to Luxor in 1879 by William John Loftie (1879)
"... Ruins of Gypt —The Name of Egypt—A Lecture—Goos—Early to Bed—A Rembrandtesque
Effect. THERE was not much to delay us at ..."
3. The Pillar of Fire: A Profane Baccalaureate by Seymour Deming (1915)
"... that this City of Dreadful Night should appear more Rembrandtesque than tragic.
To those who expect to spend their lives on the country club verandah, ..."
4. Canada in 1849: Pictures of Canadian Life, Or, the Emigrant Churchman by A. W. H. Rose, Henry Christmas (1850)
"... impression—Chief Jones' settlement-— Friendly reception—Delicious trout—Fish
spearing by torchlight—Rembrandtesque effect—A word to the uninitiated. ..."
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