Vermeer's Women - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vermeer's Women write by Marjorie E. Wieseman. This book was released on 2011. Vermeer's Women available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A visually stunning and seductive book that celebrates the mysterious and enigmatic world created by Vermeer in some of the best-loved and most characteristic works from late in his career.
Vermeer's Lady in Waiting
Vermeer's Lady in Waiting - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vermeer's Lady in Waiting write by Lolly Anderson. This book was released on 2012-11-01. Vermeer's Lady in Waiting available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A painting in a Virginia plantation hid its secrets for 50 years. Now people will kill for it. Is it a real Vermeer stolen by the Nazis? What does the secret code in the overpainting mean?
Traces of Vermeer
Traces of Vermeer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Traces of Vermeer write by Jane Jelley. This book was released on 2017-07-14. Traces of Vermeer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Johannes Vermeer's luminous paintings are loved and admired around the world, yet we do not understand how they were made. We see sunlit spaces; the glimmer of satin, silver, and linen; we see the softness of a hand on a lute string or letter. We recognise the distilled impression of a moment of time; and we feel it to be real. We might hope for some answers from the experts, but they are confounded too. Even with the modern technology available, they do not know why there is an absence of any preliminary drawing; why there are shifts in focus; and why his pictures are unusually blurred. Some wonder if he might possibly have used a camera obscura to capture what he saw before him. The few traces Vermeer has left behind tell us little: there are no letters or diaries; and no reports of him at work. Jane Jelley has taken a new path in this detective story. A painter herself, she has worked with the materials of his time: the cochineal insect and lapis lazuli; the sheep bones, soot, earth and rust. She shows us how painters made their pictures layer by layer; she investigates old secrets; and hears travellers' tales. She explores how Vermeer could have used a lens in the creation of his masterpieces. The clues were there all along. After all this time, now we can unlock the studio door, and catch a glimpse of Vermeer inside, painting light.
The Man Who Made Vermeers
The Man Who Made Vermeers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Man Who Made Vermeers write by Jonathan Lopez. This book was released on 2009. The Man Who Made Vermeers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering in mockery of the Nazis. And it's a story that's been believed ever since. Too bad it isn't true. Jonathan Lopez has drawn on never-before-seen documents from dozens of archives to write a revelatory new biography of the world's most famous forger. Neither unappreciated artist nor antifascist hero, Van Meegeren emerges as an ingenious, dyed-in-the-wool crook--a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush. Lopez explores a network of illicit commerce that operated across Europe: Not only was Van Meegeren a key player in that high-stakes game in the 1920s and '30s, landing fakes with famous collectors such as Andrew Mellon, but he and his associates later cashed in on the Nazi occupation. The Man Who Made Vermeers is a long-overdue unvarnishing of Van Meegeren's legend and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world.
ArtCurious
ArtCurious - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook ArtCurious write by Jennifer Dasal. This book was released on 2020-09-15. ArtCurious available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know that Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally deemed unbelievably ugly and vulgar? And while you probably know the tale of Vincent van Gogh's suicide, you may not be aware that there's pretty compelling evidence that the artist didn't die by his own hand but was accidentally killed--or even murdered. Or how about the fact that one of Andy Warhol's most enduring legacies involves Caroline Kennedy's moldy birthday cake and a collection of toenail clippings? ArtCurious is a colorful look at the world of art history, revealing some of the strangest, funniest, and most fascinating stories behind the world's great artists and masterpieces. Through these and other incredible, weird, and wonderful tales, ArtCurious presents an engaging look at why art history is, and continues to be, a riveting and relevant world to explore.
