Vermeer: The Complete Paintings
by Norbert Schneider, Johannes Vermeer
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The 35 paintings that have come down to us from the hand of Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) place him beside Rembrandt and Frans Hals as one of the great masters of the golden age of Dutch art. Little is known of Vermeer's early life and training, though we can be certain that he never knew great success or acclaim during his lifetime, and after his death - reputedly in part because of the stress of his debts - his work was almost completely forgotten for the best part of two centuries. And yet show more today he is acknowledged as an exquisitely talented and highly original artist. show lessTags
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Nobody painted quite like Vermeer.
bought this after seeing the marvelous vermeer exhibit in london
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- Canonical title
- Vermeer: The Complete Paintings
- Original title
- Vermeer : 1632 - 1675 ; Verhüllung der Gefühle
- Alternate titles*
- Vermeer : 1632 - 1675 ; Verhüllung der Gefühle
- Original publication date
- 1994 (original German) (original German); 2006 (English: Hulse) (English: Hulse)
- People/Characters
- Johannes Vermeer
- First words
- We know very little about Vermeer's life.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Older interpretations of this painting were based on a twentieth-century understanding of art, and considered the picture to be in praise of the art of painting, or a glorification of the profession of painting; in contrast to these, what should be emphasised more strongly is its political meaning, Vermeer making a statement on the historical events of the day.
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