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Jonathan Lopez
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The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren   3.87 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Beware of Catching the King's Eye (Arts & Photography)
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Opulent living at the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte aroused the suspicions of Louis XIV, who imprisoned the owner for embezzlement.
Eureka! (Arts & Photography)
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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)
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"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)
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"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.
A Physical Place of Enchanting Illusion (Arts & Photography)
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The Panorama Mesdag in The Hague is a masterpiece of 19th-century painting and a physical place of enchanting illusion.
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| In 1907, when Austrian artist Gustav Klimt painted his famed portrait of the Viennese socialite Adele Bloch-Bauer, he could not have known that the sophisticated world inhabited by the sitter's wealthy Jewish family would be destroyed by the Nazi tak...more | |
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| Albert Einstein wrote that the mind “always has tried to form for itself a simple and synoptic image of the surrounding world.” During the Renaissance, when the ancient Greek idea of man as the measure of all things leapt to the forefront of intellec...more | |
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Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography
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One of the places I write for asked me to do their year-end roundup of the best books in the visual arts, and this was very high up the list. I described it this way: With a febrile intelligence and an unerring eye for detail, filmmaker Errol Morris c...more |
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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.
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.
THE TALE OF TWO CITIES BY CHARLES DICKENS
LES MISERABLES BY VICTOR HUGO
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO BY BORIS PASTERNAK
WAR AND PEACE BY TOLSTOY
ROB ROY BY WALTER SCOTT
THE MAN WHO MADE VERMEERS - UNVARNISHING THE LEGEND OF MASTER FORGER HAN VAN MEEGEREN
IVANHOE BY WALTER SCOTT
THE GOOD EARTH BY PEARL S. BUCK
BEN HUR BY LEW WALLACE
RICHARD II BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING BY TRACY CHEVALIER
THE NAME OF THE ROSE BY UMBERTO ECO
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| The History Book ...: HF - READING LIST | 2 | 150 | Nov 30, 2009 08:28pm | |
| Around the World ...: Netherlands | 3 | 23 | Sep 01, 2011 02:00pm | |
| The History Book ...: RESULTS OF POLLING - SPOTLIGHTED BOOKS | 5 | 147 | Nov 06, 2011 05:01am | |
| The History Book ...: HF - NOMINATIONS | 68 | 189 | Nov 12, 2011 01:48am | |
| The History Book ...: FOR AUTHORS, ETC. | 61 | 219 | Dec 27, 2011 01:28pm |
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Thanks for the add, Jonathan! Your book looks truly interesting. I'm looking forward to reading it soon. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend.
Hi Jonathan and thanks so much for the add. You have a really awesome website! I hope you and yours have a bountiful Thanksgiving!
Blessings,
Jeannie
Hey Jonathan,
I just came across this posting on an art blog that I read religiously:
www.artsjournal.com/man/2008/09/the_revealing_art_books_of_the.html
It calls The Man Who Made Vermeers one of "the three headlining art books of the season!" Congrats!!!!
Lea
