At the age of 13 Rembrandt was attending Latin school. The schools focus was on grammar and the art of persuasion better known as rhetoric. The study of massive amounts of classical literature would help make his paintings truly have the classical appearance since he did indeed study under the terms. At the age of 13 Rembrandt was also an apprentice to Jacob Swanenurgh, who traveled to Venice, Rome, and Naples to present and create beautiful pieces of art. Roughly six years later Rembrandt would continue to study history, and massive amounts of rhetorical gestures. Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. This would help make Rembrandts art hit the pathogenic side of his audience. Studying how to accurately cultivate the audience is an important thing for artist to do. For if the art is not aesthetically pleasing or appealing to the emotions of the audience then it’ll just be seen as another form of painting. Another boring old drawing created by some insane man who desired too paint. Nothing more. Nothing less. The art of rhetoric changes that. …show more content…
The stoning of Stepen is Rembrandts earliest known painting. Rembrandt was not one to share his art too many. Rembrandts schooling along with his interest in former art helped create the salad bowl that is his