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Named a Top 100 MustRead Book of 2023 by Time and a Best Book of 2023 by The New Yorker * Shortlisted for the 2024 Writers' PrizeNew York Times bestselling author Laura Cumming combines firstrate art history with deeply felt memoir (The Washington Post) in this fascinating, littleknown story of the massive explosion in Holland that killed Carel Fabritius, renowned painter of The Goldfinch and A View of Delft and nearly killed Johannes Vermeertwo of the greatest artists of the 17th century.Exquisite. Simon Schama, The GuardianAs a brilliant art critic and historian, Laura Cumming has explored the importance of art in life and can give us a perspective on the time and place in which the artist worked. Now, through the lens of one dramatic event in 17thcentury Holland, Cumming has fashioned a book that combines memoir, art criticism, and history to illuminating effect (The New York Times Book Review).In 1654, the Thunderclapan enormous explosion at a gunpowder storedevasted the city of Delft, killing hundreds of people, including the extraordinary painter Carel Fabritius, and injuring thousands more.Framing the story around the life of Fabritius, Cumming illuminates this extraordinary moment in art history while also writing about her own father, a painter. Like Dutch art, the story gradually links country, city, town, street, house, interiorall the way to the bird on its perch, the blue and white tile, the smallest seed in a loaf of bread. The impact of a painting and how it can enter our thoughts, influence our view and understanding of the world is the heart of this book. Cumming has brought her unique eye to her most compelling subject yet.Featuring beautiful fullcolor images of Dutch paintings throughout, this is a glorious tribute to the two men who showed her the truth of the notion that paintings offer a land in themselves, a society, a place to be (The Economist).
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