
Vermeer
Overlook Press
Published on 4. October 2007
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-58567-979-9 (ISBN)
Description
Profiles the life and works of the distinguished seventeenth-century artist, analyzing him within the context of other artists of the period and examining his social origins and domestic environment and how they shaped his work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 311 mm
Width: 267 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
2109 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58567-979-9 (9781585679799)
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Persons
Gilles Aillaud (1928-2005) was a famed French painter, theatre decorator, and playwright. Albert Blankert is an esteemed scholar of the art of Vermeer and 17th century Dutch painting, a curator, and the author of Rembrandt: A Genius and His Impact. John Michael Montias (1928-2005) was an economics professor at Yale and one of the foremost scholars on Vermeer's life and works.