a photographer and independent curator from northern California

An artist's materials—the bold brushstrokes of a Van Gogh oil painting

"Conservators Lance Mayer and Gay Myers present a wealth of technical information amid amusing anecdotes and eccentric artistic profiles

and ways of presenting and interpreting sites for today's visitors

The volume closes with a chapter highlighting some of the most famous couples of all time

Jan Steen: The Drawing Lesson CONS a photographer and independent curatorJohn Walsh Clear, solid, palpable, this is the world of the Dutch painters of the seventeenth centurya world in which the surfaces and scenes of everyday life are rendered with impeccable care and illuminated by clear, soft light. Through the countless reproductions of the works of painters like de Hooch and Vermeer, these scenes have become intimately familiar: servants at their kitchen chores; women reading, daydreaming, or playing music; risqu and