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Description for Vermeer's Hat
paperback. Offers an understanding of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACQB; HBG; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
'Effortless and compelling, Brooks is a wonderful storyteller. I doubt I will read a better book this year.' Sunday Telegraph Each of Vermeer's paintings tells a story. In one, a military officer leans toward a laughing girl; in another, a woman stands by a window and weighs silver; in a third, fruit spills from a porcelain bowl onto a lavish Turkish carpet. Hiding in plain sight, these details hint at the intricate threads that bound Vermeer's world together - the officer's hat is made from North American beaver, bought with silver extracted from the mines of Peru, ... Read more
'Effortless and compelling, Brooks is a wonderful storyteller. I doubt I will read a better book this year.' Sunday Telegraph Each of Vermeer's paintings tells a story. In one, a military officer leans toward a laughing girl; in another, a woman stands by a window and weighs silver; in a third, fruit spills from a porcelain bowl onto a lavish Turkish carpet. Hiding in plain sight, these details hint at the intricate threads that bound Vermeer's world together - the officer's hat is made from North American beaver, bought with silver extracted from the mines of Peru, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Profile Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846681202
SKU
KHD0000874
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Ref
99-2
About Timothy Brook
Timothy Brook is a professor of Chinese history at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The author of eight books on Chinese history, he is also editor-in-chief of the six-volume History of Imperial China from Harvard University Press. Vermeer's Hat is his most widely read book.
Reviews for Vermeer's Hat
Fascinating
Monty Don Spell-binding ... as a guide to the world behind the pictures Vermeer's Hat is mind-expanding
John Carey
Sunday Times
A brilliant attempt to make us understand the reach and breadth of the first global age
Kathryn Hughes
Guardian
Brook takes you into the paintings in a way that can be ... Read more
Monty Don Spell-binding ... as a guide to the world behind the pictures Vermeer's Hat is mind-expanding
John Carey
Sunday Times
A brilliant attempt to make us understand the reach and breadth of the first global age
Kathryn Hughes
Guardian
Brook takes you into the paintings in a way that can be ... Read more