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Rauschenberg: Art and Life (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.)

Authors

Mary Kotz

Edition: New Ed., Rev. and Expanded
Publication date: 2004-11-11
Dewey code: 700.92
RRP: ~~£40.00~~
Price: £23.40

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Tai-Shan Schierenberg (Momentum)

Authors

Tai-Shan Schierenberg
William Packer

Publication date: 2005-05-27
RRP: ~~£19.95~~
Price: £18.94

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Review International Jewelry Publications,U.S. / Gemstone Buying Guide: How to Evaluate, Identify, Select and Care for Colored Gems

Gemstone Buying Guide: How to Evaluate, Identify, Select and Care for Colored Gems (International Jewelry Publications,U.S.)

Authors

Renee Newman

Edition: 2Rev Ed
Publication date: 2003-10-20
Dewey code: 736.20297
RRP: ~~£17.50~~
Price: £6.04

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Review OUP Oxford / Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (OUP Oxford)

Authors

Julian Stallabrass

Publication date: 2006-03-23
Dewey code: 709.05
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Price: £2.28

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Review Nick Hern Books / Why Is That So Funny?: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy

Why Is That So Funny?: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy (Nick Hern Books)

Authors

John Wright

Publication date: 2006-04-28
Dewey code: 808
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Review Oxford Paperbacks / Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces

Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces (Oxford Paperbacks)

Authors

Philip Steadman

Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2002-04-04
Dewey code: 771
RRP: ~~£10.99~~
Price: £4.96

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Philip Steadman's remarkable book, Vermeer's Camera, cracks an artistic enigma that has haunted art history for centuries. Over the years artists and art historians have marvelled at the extraordinary visual realism of the paintings of the 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. The painter's spectacular View of Delft, painted around 1661, and the beautiful domestic interior The Music Lesson seem almost photographic in their incredible detail and precise perspective. Since the 19th century, experts have speculated that Vermeer used a camera obscura, an early precursor of the modern camera. However, conclusive proof was never discovered, until now. In Vermeer's Camera, Philip Steadman conclusively proves that Vermeer did indeed use a camera obscura to complete his greatest canvases. Part art historical study, part scientific argument, but mainly a fascinating detective story, Vermeer's Camera argues that Vermeer had a camera obscura with a lens at the painting's viewpoint. He used this arrangement to project the scene onto the back wall of the room, which thus served as the camera's screen. He put paper on the wall and traced, perhaps even painted from the projected image. It is because Vermeer traced these images that they are the same size as the paintings themselves. [+]

Steadman painstakingly develops his argument through careful study of the history of the camera obscura, an exploration of 17th-century optics, and a detailed study of the light, optics, perspective and measurement of a series of Vermeer's paintings. He goes to remarkable lengths to reconstruct Vermeer's studio and its furnishings, down to the angle of the light from its windows. The science is complex, but always clearly explained. Nor is this an attempt to reveal Vermeer as an artistic "cheat". Steadman convincingly argues that "Vermeer's obsessions with light, tonal values, shadow, and colour, for the treatment of which his work is so admired, are very closely bound up with his study of the special qualities of optical images". Vermeer's Camera is a wonderful book, that shows the ways in which, during the 17th century, art and science went hand in hand. It offers an enlarged, rather than reduced perspective on Vermeer. -Jerry Brotton.

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