Wayne Franits Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Featuring luxurious, large-format images, this book pays tribute to a master painter from the Dutch Golden Age. It showcases the artist's remarkable works, highlighting their intricate details and vibrant colors. The collection not only illustrates the painter's artistic genius but also provides insights into the historical context of the era, making it a visual feast for art lovers and historians alike.

In this new monograph, the latest in Phaidon’s Art & Ideas series, Wayne Franits examines the work of Vermeer within the framework of his times, one of the most intellectually creative periods in this history of art. Written in a lively and accessible style, and incorporating the latest scholarship on the artist, Franits provides fresh insights into many of Vermeer’s most famous works, uncovering the creative process behind them and their wealth of meanings.

The appealing genre paintings of great seventeenth-century Dutch artists - Vermeer, Steen, de Hooch, Dou, and others - have long enjoyed tremendous popularity. This book explores the evolution of genre painting throughout the Dutch Golden Age, beginning in the early 1600s and continuing through the opening years of the next century.