Carravaggio, Rembrandt and Vermeer.

The Influence of Rembrandt

For cinematographers, as well as generations of art lovers, Rembrandt is the acknowledged master of light and shadow. His chiaroscuro technique has influenced some of the most important light-cameramen in cinema history. In her study of the relationship between painting and the cinema, ‘Moving Pictures’, Anne Hollander argues that without the paintings of the 17th century Dutch master, many of the masterpieces of the cinema would not have been possible.