Vermeer, 1632-1675: Veiled EmotionsVermeer's record of the tasks and duties of women 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. Most of his pictures (all of which are reproduced in this book) show women about their daily business. Vermeer records the tasks and duties of women, the imperatives of virtue under which their lives were lived, and the dreams that provided the substance of their contrasting counter-world. About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features:
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Contents
Vermeer of Delft | 7 |
Views of Delft | 15 |
Mary has chosen the good portion | 21 |
The Temptations of Love | 31 |
Secret Yearnings | 49 |
Leading by Example | 61 |
Turbans Oriental Pearls and Chinoiserie | 69 |
The New Science | 75 |
Painted Powerfully and Full of Warmth | 79 |
The Rediscovery of Vermeer | 87 |
Chronology | 92 |
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17th century acedia Allegory of Faith Amsterdam Antoni van Leeuwenhoek appears art dealer Art of Painting Astronomer background Bürger-Thoré camera obscura Carel Fabritius Caspar Netscher Catharina Bolnes Christ Clio cloth colour contrast Cupid curtain dark Delft magazine depicted detail Diana Dirck dressed emblem Emblemata Everdingen's feature girl asleep Girl Reading Guild of St guilders Hague Hendrick de Keyser House of Orange instrument Jan Steen Jan Vermeer Lacemaker light Love-Letter Luke maid Maria Thins marriage Martha Mauritshuis Mechelen Meer Moses motif Netherlands Nicolaes Maes Nieuwe Kerk Oil on canvas Open Window painter Pearl Earring pearl necklace Pieter Pieter de Hooch portrait Procuress Reading a Letter Rembrandt Reynier scene seen shadow Street in Delft symbol theme Turbans Vermeer of Delft Vermeer's father Vermeer's paintings Vermeer's picture View of Delft virginal wall Willem woman wearing Woman Weighing Pearls women yellow young woman