TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cumming,Laura
TI  - Thunderclap: a memoir of art and life & sudden death 
SN  - 9781529922530 (pbk.) :
AV  - ND646 
U1  - 759.9492 CUM 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - London
PB  - Vintage
KW  - Fabritius, Carel,
KW  - Cumming, Laura.
KW  - Delft school of art
KW  - Art, Dutch
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Art appreciation
KW  - Art and Design
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Fine arts: treatments & subjects
KW  - thema
KW  - Autobiography: arts & entertainment
KW  - Autobiography: literary
KW  - Memoirs
KW  - Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
N1  - Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2023; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - On the morning of 12th October 1654, in the Dutch city of Delft, a sudden explosion was followed by a thunderclap that could be heard more than seventy miles away. Carel Fabritius - now known across the world for his exquisite painting, The Goldfinch - had been at work in his studio. He, along with many others, would not survive the day. In 'Thunderclap', Laura Cumming reveals her passion for the art of the Dutch Golden Age and her determination to lift up the reputation of Fabritius. She reveals the Netherlands, where - wandering the narrow streets of Amsterdam, driving across the flatlands, or pausing at a quiet waterfront - she encounters the rich reality behind the shining beauty of Vermeer and Rembrandt, Hals and de Hooch. This is a book about what a picture may come to mean: how it can enter your life and change your thinking in a thunderclap, a sudden clarity of sight
ER  -