Read Vermeer: A View of Delft

Vermeer: A View of Delft

Anthony Bailey

4.9/5 (26257 ratings)

Description:Johannes Vermeer has always been considered the most elusive of great artists, but this book tracks him down to his home town, taking us back to seventeenth-century Delft in a piece of historical writing that does justice to its now timeless subject. A brilliant blend of scholarly research and more recent findings, A View of Delft sketches a vivid portrait of the Protestant innkeeper’s son who married a prosperous Catholic girl and had 15 children of whom 11 survived. It also introduces us to Vermeer’s colleagues and fellow-citizens, and charts his celebrity out of Holland, including his effect on Proust and Hitler, among others. Vermeer died in obscurity at the age of forty-three, leaving fewer than forty paintings, many now considered masterpieces.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Vermeer: A View of Delft. To get started finding Vermeer: A View of Delft, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0805069305

Description: Johannes Vermeer has always been considered the most elusive of great artists, but this book tracks him down to his home town, taking us back to seventeenth-century Delft in a piece of historical writing that does justice to its now timeless subject. A brilliant blend of scholarly research and more recent findings, A View of Delft sketches a vivid portrait of the Protestant innkeeper’s son who married a prosperous Catholic girl and had 15 children of whom 11 survived. It also introduces us to Vermeer’s colleagues and fellow-citizens, and charts his celebrity out of Holland, including his effect on Proust and Hitler, among others. Vermeer died in obscurity at the age of forty-three, leaving fewer than forty paintings, many now considered masterpieces.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Vermeer: A View of Delft. To get started finding Vermeer: A View of Delft, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Vermeer: A View of Delft

Vermeer: A View of Delft

More Books

The Low Countries: A History

The Low Countries: A History

The Coast of Summer: Sailing New England Waters from Shelter Island to Cape Cod

The Coast of Summer: Sailing New England Waters from Shelter Island to Cape Cod

Standing in the Sun: A Biography of J.M.W.Turner

Standing in the Sun: A Biography of J.M.W.Turner

A Walk Through Wales

A Walk Through Wales

Velázquez and The Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece

Velázquez and The Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece

America Lost and Found: An English Boy's Wartime Adventure in the New World

America Lost and Found: An English Boy's Wartime Adventure in the New World

Along the Edge of the Forest: An Iron Curtain Journey

Along the Edge of the Forest: An Iron Curtain Journey

The Outer Banks

The Outer Banks

John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own

John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own