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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Cumming, Laura.     Subjects     Fabritius, Carel, 1622-1654.     Cumming, James, 1922-1991.     Cumming, Laura -- Childhood and youth.     Explosions -- Netherlands -- Delft -- History -- 17th century.     Painting, Dutch -- 17th century.     Painters -- Netherlands.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cumming, Laura.       by title:      Thunderclap : a memo...       by call number:      759.9492 C971t     Search the Web     Cumming, Laura.     Fabritius, Carel, 1622-1654.     Cumming, James, 1922-1991.     Cumming, Laura -- Childhood and youth.     Explosions -- Netherlands -- Delft -- History -- 17th century.     Painting, Dutch -- 17th century.     Painters -- Netherlands.       MARC Display

Thunderclap : a memoir of art and life & sudden death / Laura Cumming. by Cumming, Laura. Scribner, 2023. Call #: 759.9492 C971t Subjects Fabritius, Carel, 1622-1654.   Cumming, James, 1922-1991.   Cumming, Laura -- Childhood and youth.   Explosions -- Netherlands -- Delft -- History -- 17th century.   Painting, Dutch -- 17th century.   Painters -- Netherlands. ISBN:  9781982181741 (hc) Edition:  1st Scribner hardcover ed. Description:  263 p. : ill. (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. Notes:  "Originally published in Great Britain in 2023 by Chatto & Windus" -- title page verso. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographic references (p. 260-263). Summary:  "As a brilliant art critic and historian, Laura Cumming has explored the importance of art in life and can give us a perspective on the time and place in which the artist worked. Now, through the lens of one dramatic event in 17th-century Holland, Cumming “has fashioned a book that combines memoir, art criticism, and history to illuminating effect” ( The New York Times Book Review ). In 1654, the Thunderclap -- an enormous explosion at a gunpowder store -- devasted the city of Delft, killing hundreds of people, including the extraordinary painter Carel Fabritius, and injuring thousands more. Framing the story around the life of Fabritius, Cumming illuminates this extraordinary moment in art history while also writing about her own father, a painter. Like Dutch art, the story gradually links country, city, town, street, house, interior -- all the way to the bird on its perch, the blue and white tile, the smallest seed in a loaf of bread. The impact of a painting and how it can enter our thoughts, influence our view and understanding of the world is the heart of this book. Cumming has brought her unique eye to her most compelling subject yet. Featuring beautiful full-color images of Dutch paintings throughout, this is “a glorious tribute to the two men who showed her the truth of the notion that paintings offer ‘a land in themselves, a society, a place to be’” ( The Economist )."--Publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  8   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 759.9492 C971t Adult books Checked out Jul 18, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 759.9492 C971t Core Collection - Adult Checked out Jul 16, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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