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Vermeer's Hat
Timothy Brook
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
'Effortless and compelling, Brooks is a wonderful storyteller. I doubt I will read a better book this year.' Sunday Telegraph
Each of Vermeer's paintings tells a story. In one, a military officer leans toward a laughing girl; in another, a woman stands by a window and weighs silver; in a third, fruit spills from a porcelain bowl onto a lavish Turkish carpet.
Hiding in plain sight, these details hint at the intricate threads that bound Vermeer's world together - the officer's hat is made from North American beaver, bought with silver extracted from the mines of Peru, while beaver pelts were traded in their thousands for the Chinese porcelain so beloved by the Dutch in the Golden Age. From a view of Delft, Vermeer gives us the world.
As a new Vermeer exhibition opens at the Rijksmuseum, the largest of its kind in history, Vermeer's Hat offers a fascinating perspective on how the burgeoning forces of trade and commerce shaped Vermeer's masterpieces.
Rezensionen
Brook is a gifted storyteller... spellbinding... a treasure trove of astonishing pleasures
Spell-binding ... as a guide to the world behind the pictures Vermeer'
Illuminating footnotes to Vermeer'
Fascinating
An erudite, surprising book that finds traces of swashbuckling where you'
A brilliant attempt to make us understand the reach and breadth of the first global age
Truly mesmerising. In this accessible but authoritative study, he... shows better than anyone I'
Brook takes you into the paintings in a way that can be spookily intimate
Revelatory
How brilliantly Brook connects all with all
Kundenbewertungen
art collector's books, art history books, art books, old Masters, major exhibition book, museum book, Vermeer, Rijksmuseum