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Jonathan Lopez

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Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History

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Jonathan Lopez is editor-at-large of Art and Antiques, writes on art, culture, and books for The Wall Street Journal, and is a contributor at the entertainment desk of the Associated Press. His book, The Man Who Made Vermeers (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008), is a biography of the Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren, based on 3 years of archival research and interviews conducted in 5 nations. It was praised by The New Yorker's Peter Schjeldahl for its "profoundly researched, focused, absorbing depth" and was a finalist for an Edgar Award (fact crime category) and the National Award for Arts Writing. A long-time contributor to London-based Apollo: The International Magazine of the Arts, Jonathan has also written for The New York Times, The Bo...more

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	The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,062 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Matter of Perspective (Arts & Photography)

1 chapters — updated Feb 17, 2012 04:34am

Description: "Van Gogh Up Close" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art offers a glimpse of the artist's mercurial, impassioned genius.

Beware of Catching the King's Eye (Arts & Photography)

1 chapters — updated Oct 21, 2011 05:23pm

Description: Opulent living at the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte aroused the suspicions of Louis XIV, who imprisoned the owner for embezzlement.

Eureka! (Arts & Photography)

1 chapters — updated Oct 11, 2011 09:41am

Description: Beneath the surface of a medieval manuscript, conservators at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, have discovered lost texts and diagrams by Archimedes, showing how far ahead of his time the ancient scientist was.

One Master Mines Another (Arts & Photography)

1 chapters — updated Aug 22, 2011 07:28pm

Description: "Rembrandt & Degas," currently at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam before traveling to Massachusetts and New York, reveals how the early efforts by Degas to forge a personal style were deeply influenced by Rembrandt.

The Look of Salvation (Arts & Photography)

1 chapters — updated Aug 10, 2011 09:39pm

Description: "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus," at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, offers a fascinating narrative of artistic innovation and spiritual growth as we witness the master's evolving depiction of Christ.

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Cornelis Bega: Eleganz und raue Sitten

by Peter Van den Brink

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HISTORICAL FICTION POLL "A"
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests.

Michael Shaara

KILLER ANGELS BY MICHAEL SHAARA

9 votes, 29.0%

THE TALE OF TWO CITIES BY CHARLES DICKENS

5 votes, 16.1%

LES MISERABLES BY VICTOR HUGO

4 votes, 12.9%

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO BY BORIS PASTERNAK

4 votes, 12.9%

WAR AND PEACE BY TOLSTOY

2 votes, 6.5%

ROB ROY BY WALTER SCOTT

2 votes, 6.5%

THE MAN WHO MADE VERMEERS - UNVARNISHING THE LEGEND OF MASTER FORGER HAN VAN MEEGEREN

1 vote, 3.2%

IVANHOE BY WALTER SCOTT

1 vote, 3.2%

THE GOOD EARTH BY PEARL S. BUCK

1 vote, 3.2%

Esther Forbes

JOHNNY TREMAIN BY ESTHER FORBES

1 vote, 3.2%

BEN HUR BY LEW WALLACE

1 vote, 3.2%

The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion (Penguin Classics)

Pierre Corneille

THE CID BY PIERRE CORNEILLE

0 votes, 0.0%

Richard II (Oxford School Shakespeare Series)

RICHARD II BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

0 votes, 0.0%

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING BY TRACY CHEVALIER

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The Name of the Rose Including Postscript

THE NAME OF THE ROSE BY UMBERTO ECO

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