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Vermeer and the art of painting / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr

by Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.

An examination of the creative process and technical methods of seventeenth-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Scientific analysis of seventeen paintings reveals how the artist utilised colour and composition to achieve his unique pictorial effects.

Accession 12891 ISBN 0300062397 Publisher Yale University Press
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