Vermeer's Hat by Timothy Brook
Offers an understanding of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray.
Fascinating -- Monty Don
Spell-binding.. as a guide to the world behind the pictures Vermeer's Hat is mind-expanding -- John Carey * Sunday Times *
A brilliant attempt to make us understand the reach and breadth of the first global age -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *
Brook takes you into the paintings in a way that can be spookily intimate -- William Leith * Evening Standard *
Brook is a gifted storyteller... spellbinding... a treasure trove of astonishing pleasures * The Lady *
How brilliantly Brook connects all with all * Guardian *
Revelatory * Sunday Business Post *
Illuminating footnotes to Vermeer's miracles on canvas * Independent *
An erudite, surprising book that finds traces of swashbuckling where you'd least expect -- Thomas Marks * Daily Telegraph *
Truly mesmerising. In this accessible but authoritative study, he... shows better than anyone I've read so far, the truly subversive power of detail -- Lesley McDowell * Independent on Sunday *
Spell-binding.. as a guide to the world behind the pictures Vermeer's Hat is mind-expanding -- John Carey * Sunday Times *
A brilliant attempt to make us understand the reach and breadth of the first global age -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *
Brook takes you into the paintings in a way that can be spookily intimate -- William Leith * Evening Standard *
Brook is a gifted storyteller... spellbinding... a treasure trove of astonishing pleasures * The Lady *
How brilliantly Brook connects all with all * Guardian *
Revelatory * Sunday Business Post *
Illuminating footnotes to Vermeer's miracles on canvas * Independent *
An erudite, surprising book that finds traces of swashbuckling where you'd least expect -- Thomas Marks * Daily Telegraph *
Truly mesmerising. In this accessible but authoritative study, he... shows better than anyone I've read so far, the truly subversive power of detail -- Lesley McDowell * Independent on Sunday *
Timothy Brook is a professor of Chinese history at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The author of eight books on Chinese history, he is also editor-in-chief of the six-volume History of Imperial China from Harvard University Press. Vermeer's Hat is his most widely read book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846681202 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846681200 |
| Title | Vermeer's Hat |
| Author | Timothy Brook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-07-16 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Winner of Mark Lynton History Prize 2009 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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