Vermeer
Cassell Illustrated (Publisher)
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-0-304-36447-3 (ISBN)
Description
Johannes Vermeer of Delft (1632-1673) was one of the most talented painters of the Dutch Golden Age; yet there is very little substantiated information on this artist's life. In his introductory essay Brian Sewell discusses the mystery and the magic of Vermeer, also writing about Delft, the city of Vermeer's birth, working life and death, and its particular and peculiar position as an art centre, parochial in comparison with Amsterdam. Vermeer's techniques, pigments, his possible use of the camera obscura and his training and influences are also discussed. Brian Sewell takes the reader through the genres of paintings - the single figure in an interior, pictures that contain two or more figures and their greater pictorial complexity, and Vermeer's allegorical paintings. He explains the difficulties there are with attribution and the chronology of his paintings with so few signed or dated.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Illustrations
chronology, illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 195 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-304-36447-3 (9780304364473)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Introduction