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Loading... Traces of Vermeer (edition 2019)by Jane Jelley (Author)
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Johannes Vermeer's luminous paintings are loved and admired around the world, yet we do not understand how they were made. We see sunlit spaces; the glimmer of satin, silver, and linen; we see the softness of a hand on a lute string or letter. We recognise the distilled impression of a moment of time; and we feel it to be real. We might hope for some answers from the experts, but they are confounded too. Even with the modern technology available, they do not know why there is no evidence of any preliminary drawing; why there are shifts in focus; and why his pictures are unusually blurred. Some wonder if he might possibly have used a camera obscura to capture what he saw before him. The few traces Vermeer has left behind tell us little: there are no letters or diaries; and no reports of him at work. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)759.9492The arts Painting History, geographic treatment, biography Other geographic areas Europe Other parts NetherlandsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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