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  • Vermeer - The Rijksmuseum's major exhibition catalogue

    Vermeer - The Rijksmuseum's major exhibition catalogue by Roelofs, Pieter; Weber, Gregor J. M.;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Thames & Hudson
    • Date of Publication 2 March 2023

    • ISBN 9780500026724
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages320 pages
    • Weight 1400 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 200 colour illustrations
    • 450

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    Long description:

    PUBLISHED TO ACCOMPANY THE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXHIBITION AT THE RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM, THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR STUDY ON VERMEER'S LIFE AND WORK FOR MANY YEARS.

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    'Proust was once so excited to see a Vermeer show that he collapsed I got chest pains merely leafing through the catalogue'Jonathan Jones, Guardian

    'Invest in the fat catalogue, stuffed with scholarly discoveries and photographic closeups, and you will learn about everything from Vermeers optical mastery to his moral symbolism'Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times

    'Excellent'Artists & Illustrators

    'Getting a ticket for the once-in-a-lifetime Vermeer exhibition, above, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam this year might frankly be a bit of a challenge, but you can at least console yourself with the exhibition catalogue, published by Thames & Hudson, which is a gorgeous thing. Nothing matches seeing a painting in the flesh, but this comes mightily close.'The Herald

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    Vermeer's intensely quiet and enigmatic paintings invite the viewer into a private world, often prompting more questions than answers. Who is being portrayed? Are his subjects real or imagined? And how did he create such an unrivalled sense of intimacy?

    Bringing together diverse strands of the Dutch master's professional and private worlds, this is the first major authoritative study of Vermeer's life and work for many years, throwing light on all thirty-seven of his paintings.

    The book was designed by Irma Boom, the Queen of Books, and printed on an uncoated Munken Print White paper, specially commissioned to ensure the veracity of colours. Irma Boom says: the matte paper brings you closer to Vermeer; there is no gloss or glare in between, just like with the real works. With a wide selection of contextual illustrations, commentaries and up-to-date research by distinguished international Vermeer scholars, this is the definitive volume on the most admired of all seventeenth-century Dutch masters.

    With contributions by
    Bart Cornelis, National Gallery, London
    Bente Frissen, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
    Sabine Pénot, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
    Pieter Roelofs, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
    Friederike Schuett, Staedel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
    Christian Tico Seifert, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
    Ariane van Suchtelen, Mauritshuis, The Hague
    Gregor J.M. Weber, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
    Marjorie E. Wieseman, National Gallery of Art, Washington

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