Christopher Brown

Dutch Painting An introduction to the great masters of Dutch painting.Christopher Brown One of a series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art This volume on the great masters of Dutch painting contains an extensive essay, 48 full-page colour plates, and is accompanied by extensive notes and comparative illustrations Provides incomparable value Highly regarded for its insight and authority The seventeenth century was the Golden Age of Dutch painting, during which political independence and increasing prosperity created a newpatrons 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.

Gracias a las técnicas de rayos X y fotografía infrarroja y a los métodos empleados en la detección, identificación y análisis de los pigmentos, ahora podemos conocer gran cantidad de detalles sobre cómo están hechas las pinturas de los antiguos maestros. Ver cómo Rembrandt aplicaba la materia pictórica capa tras capa equivale a contemplar sus dotes de maestro en acción. Es, por así decir, como si se nos ofreciera la oportunidad de mirar por encima de su hombro y observar cómo trabajaba en la interpretación de un tema como La mujer adúltera y apreciar la idea que tenía acerca de su composición.