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Johannes Vermeer
The complete paintings
Surfaces and secrets : A spellbinding realism and intrigue
Though numbering just 35 known works, the oeuvre of Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is hailed as one of the most important and inspiring portfolios in art history. His paintings have prompted a New York Times bestseller, a film starring Scarlett Johansson, and record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington.
Vermeers subjects focus on daily domestic activities, from letter writing to music playing to preparations in the kitchen. The scenes astound with their meticulous detail, majestic planes of light, and with Vermeers extraordinary ability to draw out narrative intrigues. In such beloved paintings as Lady Standing at a Virginal, A Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid and, most famously, the enigmatic, wide-eyed, and enchanting Girl with a Pearl Earring, Vermeer evokes not only the effects of substance and texture, but also the many stories and secrets that reside beneath the surface.
Featuring all Vermeer's known works and succinct, accessible texts, this essential introduction explores Vermeer's leading place in art history and his unique ability to transform oil paint into a living, breathing scene of human life.
« Vermeer seeks not to amaze and appal but to invite the observer to come closer, to close with the painting, peer into it, become intimate with it. Such art reinforces human dignity. »
- Germaine Greer
Paru le : 19/01/2017
Thématique : Histoire de la peinture
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Norbert Schneider
Éditeur(s) :
Taschen
Collection(s) : Series 2.0 Basic art
Contributeur(s) : Traducteur : Fiona Hulde
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-3-8365-0489-8
EAN13 : 9783836504898
Reliure : Relié sous jaquette
Pages : 96
Hauteur: 27.0 cm / Largeur 22.0 cm
Épaisseur: 1.5 cm
Poids: 636 g
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