Wayne E Frantis (4 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket, one small closed tear on tail of spine, lightly edgeworn, unclipped; blue cloth covered boards, silver lettering on spine, corners sharp, lightly foxed top edge, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight. ; 8.5 X 1 X 10.75 inches; 224 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> This beautiful book investigates the subtle and enigmatic charm of some of Johannes Vermeer's most seductive paintings, which celebrate the intimacy of the Dutch household and women's role at the heart of it. Centring on the exquisite Lacemaker from the Mus?e du Louvre, these paintings by Vermeer and his contemporaries describe with extraordinary sensitivity a silent and often mysterious domestic realm, closed to the outside world and inhabited almost exclusively by women and children. Essays by three internationally recognized experts in the field explain why women engaged in mundane domestic tasks, or in pleasurable pastimes such as music making, writing letters or adjusting their toilette, comprise some of the most popular Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century. Men are rarely featured in these images; when they are, it is usually in a subsidiary role or as conspicuous intruders into a quiet domestic world. Among the most intriguing of these compositions are those that consciously avoid any engagement with t.…

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 241pgs, ill, beautiful copy.