Vermeer, Jan
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Product description Chronologically catalogs and illustrates the complete paintings of Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, including a summary of the artis
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t's life and works Review "Widely regarded as the most perceptive study of the painter."--"New York Review of Books From the Inside Flap "Gowing's text remains the single best sustained piece of critical writing that exists on Vermeer."Svetlana Alpers From the Back Cover Lawrence Gowing's classic study has long been treasured for the painterly sensibilities he brought to Vermeer's greatly loved body of work. Now the text is available again, with a new foreword by Sir Ernst Gombrich, a new essay on Vermeer written by Lawrence Gowing in 1991, a new select bibliography and fresh reproductions of Vermeer's paintings. About the Author Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991), art historian, teacher, and painter, was the author of Cézanne: The Early Years, and curator of the landmark exhibition mounted in Paris in 1988. His last books were Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks (1988) and Paintings in the Louvre (1994).
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