Vermeer's Hat The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World

Name: Vermeer's Hat The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
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ISBN: 9781596914445

ISBN-10: 1596914440

ISBN-13: 9781596914445

Edition: 2008

Authors: Timothy Brook

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In the hands of an award-winning historian, Vermeer's dazzling paintings become windows that reveal how daily life and thought--from Delft to Beijing--were transformed in the seventeenth century, when the world first became global. A painting shows a military officer in a Dutch sitting room, talking to a laughing girl. In another, a woman at a window weighs pieces of silver. Vermeer's images captivate us with their beauty and mystery: What stories lie behind these stunningly rendered moments? As Timothy Brook shows us, these pictures, which seem so intimate, actually offer a remarkable view of a rapidly expanding world. The officer's dashing hat is made of beaver fur, which European…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 12/26/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Timothy Brook is Professor of History and Republic of China Chair at the University of British Columbia.



List of Illustrations and Maps



The View from Delft



Vermeer's Hat



A Dish of Fruit



Geography Lessons



School for Smoking



Weighing Silver



Journeys



Endings: No Man is an Island


Acknowledgments



Chinese and Japanese Publications


Recommended Reading and Sources


Notes


Index