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Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum of Arts & Sciences, 2003. Softcover. VG+. Red and color-illustrated glossy wraps, French flaps,. 208 pp. Profuse illustrations in color and bw. "Just as e-mail now dominates written communication, in the 17th century, the writing of personal letters became widespread and fashionable. Although letters had long existed, the notion that they could convey private feelings and emotions suddenly captured the popular imagination and transformed personal communication. During this period, not only was Holland the most literate country in Europe and a leading publishing center, but it was also the focus of an explosion of epistolary activity. In turn, the 17th-c. Dutch genre painters became the first to deict anonymous people writing, reading, dispatching and receiving letters. The catalogue is the first comprehensive study of the subject and relates the depiction of letter themes to the culture, lliterature, and social history of the Netherlands as well as such practical…
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Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer Paperback - 2003
by Peter C. Sutton; Lisa Vergara; Ann Jensen Adams
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- Title Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer
- Author Peter C. Sutton; Lisa Vergara; Ann Jensen Adams
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- Publisher National Gallery of Ireland, Greenwich, CT / Dublin
- Date 2003
- ISBN 9780972073660
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Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum of Arts & Sciences, 2003. Softcover. VG (Page edges may be tanning lightly; otherwise clean.). Red and color-illustrated glossy wraps, French flaps,. 208 pp. Profuse illustrations in color and bw. "Just as e-mail now dominates written communication, in the 17th century, the writing of personal letters became widespread and fashionable. Although letters had long existed, the notion that they could convey private feelings and emotions suddenly captured the popular imagination and transformed personal communication. During this period, not only was Holland the most literate country in Europe and a leading publishing center, but it was also the focus of an explosion of epistolary activity. In turn, the 17th-c. Dutch genre painters became the first to deict anonymous people writing, reading, dispatching and receiving letters. The catalogue is the first comprehensive study of the subject and relates the depiction of letter themes to the culture, lliterature, and social history…
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