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Senses And Sins [Hardcover]

Alexandra Gaba-van Dongen (Author), Peter Hecht (Author), Jeroen Giltaij (Editor), Adriaen Brouwer (Author), Gerritt Dou (Author), Jan Steen (Author), Adriaen van Ostade (Author), Johannes Vermeer (Author)

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Publication Date: February 15, 2005

Elegant ladies in satin robes, maids wearing starched bonnets, and pensive scholars immersed in study--we might think we know a great deal about life and culture in Holland's Golden Age. Yet, the ordered world of the Dutch burghers shown in Senses and Sins is inconsistent with our perceptions of the past. The lady of the house drinks wine in the middle of the day, lap dogs copulate on spotless marble floors, and a rough-hewn farmer grimaces in disgust. This book presents the diverse themes and meanings of the school of painting that is so inadequately described as "genre," and, through works by various masters, this potentionally vague style achieves a much stronger definition.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers (February 15, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3775715231
ISBN-13: 978-3775715232
Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.3 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,001,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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