This post is about Johannes Vermeer. It is really about a book published when I was 14 and looking for something to read to pass the time as we drove back to Amsterdam. It is also about reading and thinking about literature.
I have a few theories on the value and importance of good literature
Literature can be of great value to help us deal with our problems. In this respect we can think about our own lives. I think literature can provide an opportunity to reflect and to deal with our problems.
LiterThis post is about Johannes Vermeer. I wrote about him a few weeks ago, but now an article on his work has appeared in The Art Newspaper. It is an analysis of some of the paintings in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The article is accompanied by a number of photographs.
On 25th March 2014, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam presented a special exhibition of the works of Johannes Vermeer (1753-1804). The exhibition, titled Vermeer: The PainterThis post is about Johannes Vermeer.
Today, many know Vermeer as the painter of the famous The Lacemaker painting.
But he really wasn’t just a painter: He was an engineer, a watchmaker, and, of course, a portrait painter. Vermeer painted a lot of portraits, and one of his most famous is of a little girl he called Charlotte.
He first came across her in a book called Jacob de Wit, and he was captivated by Charlotte, who was