Vermeer : a life lost and found /
This revelatory biography persuasively addresses the two great unresolved questions about Vermeer -- why did he paint his pictures, and what do they mean?
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | This revelatory biography persuasively addresses the two great unresolved questions about Vermeer -- why did he paint his pictures, and what do they mean? A scholarly biography of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer that examines his life, artistic output, and historical context. The work explores questions about Vermeer's motivations, the meanings of his paintings, and the circumstances of their creation and preservation. Drawing on archival research, it situates Vermeer within the social, religious, and political environment of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic and reassesses his relationships with patrons and contemporaries. The book includes analysis of his major works and features color illustrations and maps. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in Great Britain in 2025 by Allen Lane."--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xxxix, 369 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-359) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781324124115 1324124113 |