The upside-down world : meetings with the Dutch masters
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781324092254, 1324092254
Physical Desc
xv, 379 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Nonfiction - New | 759.9492 Moser | Available |
Mendham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - New | 759.949 MOSER | Available |
Mount Olive Library - Adult Nonfiction - New | 759.9492 MOS | Available |
Randolph Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - New | 759.9492 MOS | Available |
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781324092254, 1324092254
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-358) and index.
Description
Arriving as a young writer in an ancient Dutch town, Benjamin Moser was flummoxed, as any newcomer might be, by the language, people, and culture. As he started exploring his newly adopted country, he stumbled upon the great painters of the Dutch Golden Age, that galaxy of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century artists-Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer among them-who seemed to be asking the same questions he'd been grappling with: Why do we make art? What even is art, anyway? Does it provide solace? Or something more necessary to human happiness? Year after year, Moser coaxed answers out of these old paintings, discovering in Rembrandt an affinity for the "unequivocally dead," and in Ter Borch, an astonishing intimacy. Featuring seventeen artists and a beautifully designed, four-color text, The Upside-Down World, in the tradition of How Proust Can Change Your Life, seeks to explain how such resplendent beauty can-indeed must-flourish in a world so endlessly marred by tragedy.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Moser, B. (2023). The upside-down world: meetings with the Dutch masters (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moser, Benjamin. 2023. The Upside-down World: Meetings With the Dutch Masters. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moser, Benjamin. The Upside-down World: Meetings With the Dutch Masters Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Moser, Benjamin. The Upside-down World: Meetings With the Dutch Masters First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
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