The Poetry of Reality: Dutch Painters of the Nineteenth Century

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The Poetry of Reality is an indispensable survey of Dutch painting of the 19th century, illustrated with paintings from the Rijksmuseum, the Stedelijk Museum, the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, and the Van Gogh Museum.

The paintings are all reproduced in color and presented in chronological order, forming a pictorial record of developments in 19th century painting. A number of significant artists are included: Vincent van Gogh, Wouter van Troostwijk, Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Andreas Schelfhout, Johannes Bosboom, the brothers Jacob, Matthijs and Willem Maris, George Hendrik Breitner, and Johan Barthold Jongkind. The book pays homage to the Dutch painters who set the tone in a period that was so important for the development of art.
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, including: Night Watch (painting), The Little Street (vermeer), The Milkmaid (vermeer), Prometheus Being Chained By Vulcan, The … Saint Nicholas, Portrait Of Daniele Barbaro

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Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book contains chapters focused on Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, and Collections of the Rijksmuseum.

More info: The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam or Rijksmuseum is a Dutch national museum in Amsterdam, located on the Museumplein. The museum is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of Asian art. It also displays the stern of the HMS Royal Charles which was captured in the Raid on the Medway.
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