Vermeer
A Life Lost and Found
$25.75
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2027
Summary
The paintings of Johannes Vermeer are some of the most sublime in the history of art. Yet until now they have, like the life of Vermeer himself, defied explanation. Following new leads, and drawing on a mass of historical evidence, some of it freshly uncovered in the archives of Delft and Rotterdam, Andrew Graham-Dixon paints a dramatically new picture of Vermeer, revealing many of the painter’s hitherto unknown friendships as well as his previously undetected allegiance to a persecuted, u…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141974897 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141974893 |
| Author: | Andrew Graham Dixon |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2027 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 129mm x 198mm |
Critics Review
Graham-Dixon’s amazing discoveries will surprise and delight … the best biography of Vermeer and the most complete analysis of his artwork that has ever been published – Timothy Brook * Times Literary Supplement *
This is impressive detective work ... Graham-Dixon give[s] us the deepest and most rounded portrait of Vermeer we are ever likely to have … [he] is the best parser of painterly effects since the late Robert Hughes – Christopher Bray * Prospect *
A powerfully persuasive investigation into the intellectual and devotional world of Vermeer and his circle. Painting by painting, the riddle of the Sphinx is masterfully unravelled … Andrew Graham-Dixon trawls the archives, lays out new evidence, links pictures never linked before, and teases new meaning from signs, symbols and sitters … His reading of the paintings is revelatory – Laura Freeman * The Times *
Densely researched and highly original …. this book is an extraordinary portrait, flooded with light and colour, and a splendid unfolding of the pressure of meaning in everyday life; in other words, it emulates the special charge of Vermeer’s paintings – Kathryn Murphy * Literary Review *
With the skill of a good showman and the meticulousness of a scholar, Graham-Dixon sets out to illuminate the elusive life of Johannes Vermeer … There are few better writers to take on the task – Telegraph * Evgenia Siokos *
Andrew Graham Dixon
Andrew Graham-Dixon is one of Britain’s most high profile commentators on the visual arts - an art historian, biographer and broadcaster who has made more BBC television series about art than any other presenter. He was for many years the main art critic of the Sunday Telegraph and Independent.
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