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Vermeer

by Lawrence Gowing

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Lawrence Gowing's classic study has long been treasured for the painterly sensibilities he brought to this greatly loved body of work. Finally the text is available again, with a new foreword and fresh reproductions of Vermeer's paintings.

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"Gowing's text remains the single best sustained piece of critical writing that exists on Vermeer."--Svetlana Alpers
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About the Author

Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991), art historian, teacher, and painter, was the author of Cézanne: The Early Years, and curator of the landmark exhibition mounted in Paris in 1988. His last books were Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks (1988) and Paintings in the Louvre (1994).
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ISBN:
9780520212763
Foreword:
Gombrich, Ernst Hans
Author:
Vermeer, Johannes
Foreword by:
Gombrich, E. H.
Foreword:
Gombrich, E. H.
Author:
Gowing, Lawrence
Author:
Gombrich, Ernst Hans
Publisher:
University of California Press
Location:
Berkeley, Calif. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
History - General
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Criticism
Subject:
Art criticism
Subject:
Painters
Subject:
Art, dutch
Subject:
Painters -- Netherlands -- Biography.
Subject:
Criticism - General
Subject:
History : General
Subject:
Criticism -- Theory.
Subject:
Vermeer, Johannes
Subject:
European
Subject:
Art-Theory and Criticism
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
no. 4056
Publication Date:
19971231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.82x5.82x.83 in. 1.33 lbs.
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