Vermeer and the Delft School
Walter Liedtke, curator of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, has assembled a splendid catalog of Vermeer and his artistic milieu. Seven lengthy, well-illustrated chapters (Liedtke wrote five, Dutch art historians Michiel Plomp and Marten Jan Bok wrote the others) describe life in the city of Delft; the painters Carel Fabritius, Leonart Bramer, and others who preceded Vermeer; the careers of Vermeer and De Hooch; the making of drawings and prints in 17th-century Delft; and the collecting of art in the same period. The catalog follows: each painting, print, and drawing accompanied by a lengthy catalog essay. Oversize: 12.25x9.75q. c. Book News Inc.Here in a subject that could have been treated in terms of solids and space is an essay- that is, weeks of worka devoted to inflections of color and light, which have multiplied ... simile tested at the entrance of the house), and woolly walls and roof tiles. .... 14, 15; Sonnenburg 1973, n.p.; I. Walsh 1973, n.p.; Grimme 1974., no.
| Title | : | Vermeer and the Delft School |
| Author | : | Walter A. Liedtke, Michiel Plomp, Axel Rüger, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), National Gallery (Great Britain) |
| Publisher | : | Metropolitan Museum of Art - 2001-01-01 |
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