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Le caractère unique de la peinture de paysage hollandaise, avec ses cours d'eau et son abondance de couleurs, ne se retrouve pas seulement dans les représentations de la nature mais aussi dans de fameux portraits et représentations de scènes de la société de cette époque. Ce livre rassemble les temps forts de la peinture hollandaise, compilant les plus célèbres artistes du XVe au XIXe siècle, notamment Bosch, Rembrandt, Rubens, ou Van Eyck....
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[2023]
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1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever mounted, now on view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Capturing the imagination of the art world, with glowing reviews, global press, and tickets sold out through the entirety of its run, the Rijksmuseum's Vermeer retrospective is nothing short of a historic event. This fascinating documentary is a unique opportunity to discover what goes on behind the scenes at exhibitions of this scale,...
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In this visually stunning and much anticipated book, acclaimed art historian Joseph Leo Koerner casts the art of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel in a completely new light, revealing how the painting of everyday life was born from what seems its opposite: depictions of a foe hellbent on destroying us. Probing deeply the visual cunning of these Renaissance masters, Koerner uncovers art history's unexplored underside: the visual image as enemy. An...
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2016.
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"In 1631, Sara de Vos is admitted as a master painter to the Guild of St. Luke's in Holland, the first woman to be so recognized. Three hundred years later, only one work attributed to de Vos is known to remain--a haunting winter scene, At the Edge of a Wood, which hangs over the bed of a wealthy descendant of the original owner. An Australian grad student, Ellie Shipley, struggling to stay afloat in New York, agrees to paint a forgery of the landscape,...
9) Van Gogh
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c2002
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24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
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Discusses the life, works, and lasting influence of Vincent van Gogh.
10) Rembrandt
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c2004
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24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
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Discusses the life, works, and lasting influence of Rembrandt.
11) Vincent van Gogh
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Follows the life and artistic development of the painter who moved from Belgium and Holland to France, was influenced by Impressionism, and eventually created his own unique style.
13) Vermeer's maps
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[2022]
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"A convergence of science and art, maps held a very important place in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century, and they were of particular interest to Vermeer, who had something of an obsession with them. Of the thirty-four paintings attributed to him, nine have wall maps and other cartographic objects in them, and this fascination with maps has long intrigued scholars. Other painters of his time were drawn to maps, but none painted them with...
