Thunderclap by Laura Cumming

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thunderclap Author: Laura Cumming Narrator: Laura Cumming Format: mp3 Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins Release date: 07-11-23 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 29 ratings Genres: Art Publisher's Summary: In 1654, the Thunderclap—an enormous explosion at a gunpowder store—devasted the city of Delft, killing hundreds of people, including the extraordinary painter Carel Fabritius, and injuring thousands more. Framing the story around the life of Fabritius, Cumming illuminates this extraordinary moment in art history while also writing about her own father, a painter. Like Dutch art, the story gradually links country, city, town, street, house, interior—all the way to the bird on its perch, the blue and white tile, the smallest seed in a loaf of bread.