{"product_id":"vermeer-9780500026724","title":"Vermeer","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohannes 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? What is shown on the map on the wall? What news does a letter bring?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeemingly unaware of the viewer, each subject--the milkmaid, the guitar player, the girl with a pearl earring--occupies an intimateand private space. Vermeer's paintings, with their enigmatic interiors and masterful handling of natural light, bring us into a closed, internal world, but with many tantalizing points of contact with the outside world. What details do we know of Vermeer's personal life? How did it affect his painting style?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first major study of Vermeer's life and work for many years, bringing together diverse strands of his professional and private life in Delft in the seventeenth century and examining important research that has revealed new ways of looking at his paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanying a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, this volume sheds light on every one of Vermeer's known paintings, thirty-five in all, with a wide selection of contextual illustrations, commentaries, and up-to-date research by the most distinguished international Vermeer scholars. \u003cem\u003eVermeer\u003c\/em\u003e will be required reading for lovers of the most admired of all Dutch seventeenth-century painters and one of the world'sgreatest artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500026724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Gregor J. M. Weber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42776202084533,"sku":"9780500026724","price":55.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8abc6186-e5d4-4cba-8876-ea9bdb013d19.jpg?v=1679411092","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vermeer-9780500026724","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}