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Good overview of an age of Dutch Masters...
The "Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer" covers Dutch artists who worked in approximately the first two thirds of the 17th Century in the Netherlands. Although much of the text focuses on Rembrandt and Vermeer,the book briefly covers the Mannerists, Frans Hals, early landscape andgenre painters, Rusidael, and Hobbema.

The book begins with works ofHendrick Avercamp ("A Winter Scene with Skater near a Castle"painted about 1609) and ends with Samuel Van Hoogstraten ("LesPantoufles"). Pages 1-63 provide an overview and pages 241-275 provideshort biographies, bibliographies and an index.

Pages 65-240 are printedon glossy paper and contain photographs of a representative sample of theDutch artists working during the period. The paintings are mostly in blackand white, however, colored photos are shown thoroughout the text.Rembrandt's "Jan Six" and "The Polish Rider" are incolor, and reasonably captured. On the other hand, one of my favorites,"A View of Deventer" by Salomon Van Ruysdael from the NationalGallery in London is shown in black and white. Sometimes a painting is inblack and white, while a detail is shown in color. It's difficult to seemuch of the brushwork, but one can obtain an idea of the content,composition, lighting and shading, and other elements from these prints.Nothing beats the original, but the photographs do a reasonable job.

Irefer to this book from time to time, and on occasion have used itextensively. For example,while reading Schama's "Rembrandt'sEyes" I used the book to gain additional information about some of thepaintings he covers. For example, Schama covers Rembrandt's "The Feastof Belshazzar: The Writing in the Wall" for several pages. The photoin Schama's book is adequate for following his discussion, but Nash's bookshows larger and more detailed photos (in color), as well as an enlargeddetail of the two women at the king's right hand. ... Read more

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Title: Vermeer ensombrece a Jackie: primero en Nueva York y ahora en Londres la exposición Vermeer y la escuela de Delft se ha convertido en un fenómeno de masas. ¿Pero quién es este seductor del pincel? (arte).(TT: Vermeer's all the rage. First in New York and now in London, the exhibition Vermeer and the School of Delft has become a social phenomenon. Who was this master of painting? (Art).)
Author: Fátima Uríbarri
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 13, 2001
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Page: 56(4)

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