Vermeer's Afterlives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeazell, Ruth Bernard.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

How a once-forgotten Dutch painter inspired generations of artists, writers, and filmmakers Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is one of the most beloved painters in the world.But when an enterprising French journalist and art critic set out to recover his work in the mid-nineteenth century, both his name and achievement were virtually forgotten.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

I: Mystery and Recovery

1. Questions for the Sphinx

2. How Vermeer Became Modern

3. Counter-Histories

4. Camera Tracings

II: Painting Like Vermeer

5. Imitation and Assimilation

6. Forgery

7. Homage, Appropriation, Pastiche

III: Filling the Silences

8. The Language of Poetry

9. Stories Not Told

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-691-27791-5

9780691277912

OCLC:

1577545376