Dutch Painting

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Brown is Chief Curator at the National Gallery, London, where he has curated the collection of Dutch and Flemish art since 1971. Klappentext The seventeenth century was the Golden Age of Dutch painting, during which political independence and increasing prosperity created a new patrons of the arts among merchants and statesmen. Rembrandt, Hals and Vermeer, and a host of lesser-known talents, produced a dazzling variety of work, from intimate portraits to virtuoso still lifes, dramatic seascapes to coolly observed domestic interiors. This survey of the period presents a careful selection of paintings which marvellously evoke the spirit of a great age of creativity. Christopher Brown's lucid account includes an introduction, extensive commentaries to each of the 48 full-page colour plates, and the numerous black-and-white illustrations by way of comparison. 'Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers.' (Independent) An introduction to the great masters of Dutch painting.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Brown, Christopher Brown Esq, Christopher Brown Esq
• Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.1998
• EAN: 9780714828657
• ISBN: 978-0-7148-2865-7
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 305 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Colour Library; F A CL BROCHE; Colour Library; F A CL BROCHE; Phaidon Colour Library
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art