Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming

Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death

Laura Cumming

255 pages first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction art biography history informative reflective slow-paced
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 In 1654, an enormous explosion at a gunpowder store devasted the city of Delft, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands more. Among those killed was the extraordinary painter Carel Fabritius, renowned for his paintings The Goldfinch and...

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