A view of Delft : Vermeer then and now by Bailey, Anthony, 1933-2020 instant download

A view of Delft : Vermeer then and now by Bailey, Anthony, 1933-2020 instant download

xiii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm, This text is a detailed and imaginative recreation of Delft in its Golden Age, the 17th century, through the life and art of its most famous and mysterious painter, Johannes Vermeer. Bailey is the author of Major André and Standing in the Sun, Simultaneously published by Henry Holt and Co., New York, under the title: Vermeer : a view of Delft, Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index, The world turned upside-down -- A visit to the tomb -- Calling on Vermeer -- Burdens of the house -- The way of St Luke -- Little castles -- A houseful of women -- The art of painting -- The geographer, the astronomer, and the lens-maker -- Delft blue -- The years of the French -- Diaspora -- 'Every inch a Vermeer' -- Swann's essay -- A view of Delft