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Vermeer & the Art of Painting

Categorie	Schilderkunst
Boeknummer	#317090-KM15
Titel	Vermeer & the Art of Painting
Auteur	Wheelock, Arthur K.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New Haven/London : Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1995
ISBN10	0300062397
ISBN13	9780300062397
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered red cloth, dust jacket, illustrations in colour and b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting	This book examines the creative process and technical means by which the great Dutch seventeenth-century painter achieved his remarkable pictorial effects. Arthur Wheelock begins by placing Vermeer's art in historical perspective, with emphasis on the artistic environment in his home city of Delft and the importance of history painting in the mid-1600s. He then closely examines seventeen of the thirty-six extant paintings in Vermeer's oeuvre, works that span the range of the artist's career. Using the results of x-rays, pigment analysis, and infrared reflectography, some of the secrets of Vermeer's wonderfully elusive artistry are revealed. For example, Vermeer was able to simulate reality, simplify and highlight meaning, establish a sense of time and permanence, and enhance the mood he w... (Lees verder)ished to create through inventive use of brushwork, color, and compositional refinements. Lavishly illustrated with color reproductions of Vermeer's paintings, the book is certain to appeal to all devotees of Dutch art.
Pagina's	205
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 30,00

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