{"product_id":"vermeer-9780500026724b","title":"Vermeer","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eVermeer'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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith contributions by\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBart Cornelis, National Gallery, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBente Frissen, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSabine Pénot, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePieter Roelofs, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFriederike Schuett, Staedel Museum, Frankfurt am Main\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristian Tico Seifert, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAriane van Suchtelen, Mauritshuis, The Hague\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGregor J.M. Weber, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarjorie E. Wieseman, National Gallery of Art, Washington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Proust was once so excited to see a Vermeer show that he collapsed … I got chest pains merely leafing through the catalogue' Jonathan Jones, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Invest in the fat catalogue, stuffed with scholarly discoveries and photographic closeups, and you will learn about everything from Vermeer’s optical mastery to his moral symbolism' Rachel Campbell-Johnston,\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e The Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Excellent' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eArtists \u0026amp; Illustrators\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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 \u0026amp; Hudson, which is a gorgeous thing. Nothing matches seeing a painting in the flesh, but this comes mightily close.' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42872734187600,"sku":"9780500026724B","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780500026724-l.jpg?v=1785866182","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/vermeer-9780500026724b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}