Wieseman Marjorie E Franits Wayne E (9 results)

Condition: very_good. Fast & Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Unread. No markings in book. Binding is fine. DJ is fine. 227pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good +. 1st Edition. xii + 228 pages. Colour plates B&W illustrations. Very clean pictorial background dustjacket with light wear to edges. Black hardback binding. Very clean pages.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. In new condition other than for a 1cm closed tear to top of rear dust jacket. Please see pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 10.63x8.58x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Focusing on the extraordinary Lacemaker from the Musà e du Louvre, this beautiful book investigates the subtle and enigmatic paintings by Johannes Vermeer that celebrate the intimacy of the Dutch household. Moments frozen in paint that reveal young women sewing, reading or playing musical instruments, captured in Vermeer's uniquely luminous style, recreate a silent and often mysterious domestic realm, closed to the outside world, and inhabited almost exclusively by women and children. Three internationally recognized experts in the field explain why women engaged in mundane domestic tasks, or in pleasurable pastimes such as music making, writing letters, or adjusting their toilette, comprise some of the most popular Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century. Among the most intriguing of these compositions are those that consciously avoid any engagement with the viewer. Rather than acknowledging our presence, figures avert their gazes or turn their backs upon us; they stare moodily into space or focus intently on the activities at hand. In viewing these paintings, we have the impression that we have stumbled upon a private world kept hidden from casual regard. The ravishingly beautiful paintings of Vermeer are perhaps the most poetic evocations of this secretive world, but other Dutch painters sought to imbue simple domestic scenes with an air of silent mystery, and the book also features works by some of the most important masters of 17th-century Dutch genre painting, among them Gerard ter Borch, Gerrit Dou, Pieter de Hooch, Nicolaes Maes, and Jan Steen.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Fine DW. 1st Edition. Dark blue cloth, silver gilt. Illustrated dustwrapper/dutjacket. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Appears unread. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1350g.