Johannes Vermeer: 1632-1675: Veiled Emotions

This book was awesome.it's condition excellent.Taschen besic art series was very interesting and enjoyable.their El Greco, Friedrich, Caravaggio,Holbein,Rodin,Turner in my on collection.and all books was very fine.it's price also under my budget. I think every art lover love this nice book about great Vermeer.

Love the way the writing and the paintings are arrranged.And the way its written .Just what I was looking for.Not too much of a buography more on the growth of the arist

All of Vermeer's small output in a single beautiful volume. Includes the famous "Girl with a pearl earring" & "The Art of Painting". Contains enlarged parts of paintings also.

The illustrations in this book were for the most part full page and decent resolution. Also a good historical overview of each painting and what is know of Vermeer’s life.

Este libro de la colección básica de Taschen , edición 2023, me parece excelente en comparación a otros de la misma serie , no por la calidad ,que en Taschen es indiscutible, si no por la calidad del texto , que acompaña las ciento y pico fotos ( muchos detalles) de la limitada obra de Vetmeer, por este precio no dudes en comprarlo, si te gusta Vetmeer , claro.

Where would we art lovers be without such publishers as Taschen? Their Basic Art Series is perfect beyond words, and the price is ridiculously low. So it is in the case of Vermeer. What to say about the most subtle and sophisticated painter of western culture? Rembrandt might be drama and emotion, and he certainly is, but Vermeer is beauty and intimacy. He freezes time like no other artist (makes me think of the most profound preludes by Bach), and silence is so loud in his paintings that I cannot hear anything else. With each and every one of his paintings he teaches us to pay attention to every day reality, because every moment of time is sacred. His Milkmaid pouring milk is just as sacred in doing her job as Holy Mary will ever be. And then, there is the psychological accuracy in his work as well. The Letter Reader immersed in reading the letter conveys the feeling of eternity through an ordinary moment of every day life. Just how immersed she is! Not to mention the posture and the glance of the Girl with the Pearl Earing, the painting which is justifiably called the Dutch Mona Lisa. Such category as the greatest painter of all time might be unrealistic, for there are so many who deserve that title, but in terms of skill, of handling the light and shade, the colours and sophistication, Vermeer is prominent. He is the man with a photographic eye. Five stars for the quality of reproductions and for everything else!

Excelente contenido.

30センチあり見応えあり。ペーパーバックのほうは表紙が全面にあの絵なので普段は窓際に置くだけでもいい感じです。中古本は気が向いたら気兼ねなくパラパラと見れていいです。