(Paperback)

A major monograph available again in a new, compact format, published to coincide with this autumn's Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.

(Hardback)

What happens when we look at a painting What do we think about What do we imagine How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we see And how can art historians interpret with any seriousness what they observe This title deals with these questions.

(Paperback)

Using a historical analysis of Vermeer's method of production and a close reading of his art, this book explores the originality of Vermeer in the context of 17th-century Dutch painting. It suggests that his confrontation with painting represented a very personal effort to define a new pictorial practice within the classical tradition of his art.