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Vermeer / Wayne Franits.

By: Series: Art & ideasPublisher: London : Phaidon Press Limited, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0714868795
  • 9780714868790
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • ND653.V5 F57 2015
Contents:
Preface -- Beginnings 1632-56 -- Expanding horizons 1656-62 -- Purveyor of luxury goods 1662-68 -- Full maturity 1668-72 -- Endgame 1672-75 -- A man for all seasons 1676-2015.
Review: "In this new monograph, Wayne Franits examines the work of Vermeer within the framework of seventeenth-century Europe, one of the most intellectually creative periods in the history of art. Written in a lively and accessible style, and incorporating the latest scholarship on the artist, Franits provides fresh insights into many of Vermeer's most famous works, uncovering the creative process behind them and their wealth of meanings."
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Non-fiction Main Collection ND 653 .V5 F57 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 251111
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ND 653 .S9 A4 2002 Michael Sweerts : 1618-1664 / ND 653 .V5 B35 1995 Vermeer / ND 653 .V5 F56 2008 Jan Vermeer / ND 653 .V5 F57 2015 Vermeer / ND 653 .V5 S3613 2010 Jan Vermeer, 1632-1675 : veiled emotions / ND 666 .W5 1968 Early Flemish painting, ND 673 .B73 A4 1990 Pieter Bruegel the Elder /

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-344) and index.

Preface -- Beginnings 1632-56 -- Expanding horizons 1656-62 -- Purveyor of luxury goods 1662-68 -- Full maturity 1668-72 -- Endgame 1672-75 -- A man for all seasons 1676-2015.

"In this new monograph, Wayne Franits examines the work of Vermeer within the framework of seventeenth-century Europe, one of the most intellectually creative periods in the history of art. Written in a lively and accessible style, and incorporating the latest scholarship on the artist, Franits provides fresh insights into many of Vermeer's most famous works, uncovering the creative process behind them and their wealth of meanings."

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