https://totallyhistory.com/johannes-vermeer-paintings/ Facts About Famous Events & Records of the Past Sat, 15 Jan 2022 21:29:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://totallyhistory.com/johannes-vermeer-paintings/#comment-734539 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 21:29:31 +0000 http://totallyhistory.com/?p=9131#comment-734539 Vermeer, like many of the 17th century Dutch artists, was a master of light and shadow, texture and the subtle application of correlated hues. My favorite of this genre, my only criticism is his programmatic placing of his subject and the always (nearly) stage left light source. I don’t want to be able to guess his paintings before I see them but in many respects his products were very predictable. Still, my favorite of the masters.

]]> https://totallyhistory.com/johannes-vermeer-paintings/#comment-72861 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:00:05 +0000 http://totallyhistory.com/?p=9131#comment-72861 This helped me with my school project on Vermeer. I found a mistake in the information, however. With the painting “The Girl Reading a Letter at and Open Window”, the date is typed wrong.

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