art, dutch

Explains how the small but vibrant Dutch city of Delft produced a wide range of artworks during the seventeenth century, and traces the history and culture of Delft from the 1200s through the lifetime of the city's most renowned painter, Johannes Vermeer.

Studies the influence the friendship between Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin had on both the artists' work, profiling the paintings which were created by each artist during their friendship.

Features fine art reproductions and "Movements in Art" fact boxes.