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Overview
This beautiful book examines the art of Pieter de Hooch, one of the most famous andinnovative painters of Holland's Golden Age. It discusses de Hooch's position in Dutchgenre painting, his favorite themes and their cultural context, his artistic development, andhis approach to narration. The book is the catalogue for an exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Published in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum .Editorials
Library Journal
Although not as well known today as his contemporaries Vermeer and Rembrandt, de Hooch was also a 17th-century Dutch painter of realistic family scenes and architecture rendered in perspective. The director of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Sutton has written an accessible monograph that, updates his earlier catalogue raisonn , Pieter de Hooch: Complete Edition (LJ 11/15/80), and serves as the catalog for a de Hooch exhibition appearing in London and Hartford. A 75-page text covering the artist's life and techniques and themes of his work is followed by nearly 100 pages presenting plates of works in the show; eight entries bring the catalog raisonn up to date. Sutton has achieved the rare feat of creating a work that is both a significant addition to scholarship and a reader-friendly introduction for those not already familiar with the artist. Recommended for specialized art and academic libraries and larger public libraries.--Kathryn Wekselman, Univ. of Cincinnati Lib., OHBook Details
Published
November 10, 1998
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pages
184
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780300077575