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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. First book in the series featuring art sleuth friends Calder and Petra.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
Eight linked stories tracing the history of a painting by the 17th century Dutch artist, Vermeer. In one, he paints his daughter to pay off debts, a second story describes the loss of the ownership papers, a third takes place on the eve of its theft by the Nazis.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
In this look at seven paintings by Jan Vermeer, author Bob Raczka takes on the role of interviewer and the people in the paintings become his willing subjects.
10) Johannes Vermeer
Author
Series
Publisher
[Rizzoli International Publications]
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
11) Vermeer
Author
Publisher
Duckworth
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and works of the distinguished seventeenth-century artist, analyzing him within the context of other artists of the period and examining his social origins and domestic environment and how they shaped his work.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the Vermeer painting of the same title, Girl with Pearl Earring, this novel takes the reader inside the world of the 17th century Delft. In seventeenth-century Delft, there's a strict social order -rich and poor, Catholic and Protestant, master and servant -and all know their place. When Griet becomes a maid in the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer, she thinks she knows her role: housework, laundry, and the care of his six children....
15) Brush with fate
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the 300-year history of a lost painting said to have been created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. Framed by the present day narrative of a teacher who has the inside track on the number of lives profoundly altered by the elusive painting. The teacher's tale interconnects individual stories of tragedy, romance, success, failure and even the Holocaust.
16) Johannes Vermeer
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
An overview of the life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutch painter, famous for creating realistic scenes of everyday life.
18) Vermeer
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Johannes Vermeer's intensely quiet and enigmatic paintings invite the viewer into a private world, often prompting more questions than answers. Who is being portrayed? Are his subjects real or imagined? And how did he create such an unrivaled sense of intimacy? Bringing together diverse strands of the Dutch master's professional and private worlds, this is the first major authoritative study of Vermeer's life and work for many years shedding light...
Publisher
Microcinema International
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A visual quest in search of "what makes a Vermeer a Vermeer." It is a journey of discovery, guiding the viewer through an exploration of Vermeer's paintings and examining the "secrets" of his technique, with particular emphasis placed on lighting and composition.