Thursday, June 11, 2009

Book review: Art, chess and murder

A 500-year old murder, that is, with a young art restorer bent on solving the mystery she uncovers while working on a 15th-century Flemish painting. Here's a blog review of The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte. 

I came across the review on Wordpress - the other Blogger - which apparently recommended the book to me since my name is the same as the heroine's. It's a slim recommendation, I realize, but the story sounds exciting. Let me know what you think if you read it. Might be good arty summer reading.

Here is Van Eyck's famously symbol-laden painting of the same era:

























Image:
Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck
1434
Oil on oak panel, 3 vertical boards
32.4 x 23.6 inches
National Gallery, London
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2 comments:

  1. BexJuly 20, 2009 at 1:21 PM

    i came across your blog when i googled "art, chess, murder" - or some variation bc i couldn't remember the name of this book.

    I love your blog! this is such a neat compilation of contributions to art and literature. keep it up!

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  2. Julia HensleyJuly 22, 2009 at 3:26 PM

    Thanks, Bex! Glad you're enjoying it and thanks for commenting. I'd love to hear your review of the book. Cheers.

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