The most known artist in the Dutch history was Johannes Vermeer who became the supreme Dutch artists of the 17th century. "Vermeer was considered a brand name even better than Rolls-Royce" at that time (pg85). This shows how famous Vermeer was. He developed interest in naturalistic effects. He exhibit compositional clarity‚ balance and knew how to play with the light effects. His paintings looked
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ed edition‚ 1998. 10. Steadman‚ Phillip. "Vermeer and the Camera Obscura." BBC.co.uk/history (2002). Art Full Text Online. Gund Library‚ Cleveland‚ OH. March 20‚ 2006. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/art/vermeer_camera_01.shtml. 11. Stokstad‚ Marilyn. Art History. Pearson Education‚ Inc. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice- Hall‚ 2005. 12. Van Eyck‚ Jan. The Arnolfini Portrait‚ 1434. National Gallery‚ London. 13. Vermeer‚ Johannes. Officer and Laughing Girl‚ 1658-60. Frick Collection
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The Baroque and Reformation Periods Prior to the Reformation‚ the Roman Church started to sell indulgences and evolved into a corrupt business looking for money. Many men became weary of the church’s approach and decided to take action. Some of these men included Calvin‚ Luther‚ and King Henry VIII of England. Although King Henry’s motives were not as pure as the others; nevertheless‚ England broke away from the church in 1534‚ later followed by Calvin in 1536. The spirit of reformations began
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how Griet separates the vegetables into a colour wheel gives the reader the understanding that Griet is artistic. ▪ We are introduced to Johannes Vermeer and Catharina Vermeer who visit Griet and her family to inspect Griet and her work habits before they allow her to work in their household. ▪ Griet is told she is to become a maid in the Vermeer household ▪ Griet sees her father and is revealed to the reader that her father was blinded after a kiln he was working with exploded taking
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forgery‚ he says‚ is purely non-aesthetic and should not be used to describe the beauty of a piece. To further illustrate this point and later points in his essay‚ Lessing introduces the case of the Johannes Vermeer fakes done by Hans van Meegeren. The painting The Disciples was thought to be a Vermeer masterpiece for 7 years until van Meegeren revealed that he had actually done the painting and misrepresented it as Vermeer’s. Lessing says‚ “The fact that The Disciples is a forgery is just that
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Art Review The artist I would like to introduce is Tang Ying Mui‚ Grace. She is currently working as an active female contemporary artist in Hong Kong. Grace’s main form of art is installation art. Grace is well-known for her continue exploration of the use of thin plastic wrapped wire. She likes working with this material not only because it is low-priced but due to its flexibility. She can mould the wire into different shapes - as if it was a 3-D drawn line stretching from papers into the
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often is confused about how she truly feels about her. Sometimes Maria would make her feel ashamed about a decision she made once she found out about it. But she was also kind to Griet. For example‚ she kept one of Griet’s biggest secrets‚ assisting Vermeer with his paintings by grinding the paint. She also knows that Griet is posing for one of those paintings‚ something that Catharina‚ Vermeer’s wife‚ could never know about. "You help him to paint faster‚ girl‚" she (Maria Thins) said in a low voice
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sexes and Class‚ money‚ gender and power‚ she utilises literary techniques; such as dialogue‚ first person‚ exclamation and allusion to convey these themes. In a girl with the pearl earring the protagonist‚ Griet‚ is sent to be a maid the artist Johannes Vermeer and his growing family. In this household she becomes close to Vermeer’s work‚ and eventually the secretive painting of Griet seeps out into the rest of the family and the town beyond. Chevalier explores the restricted roles of women in a
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While the age may sound obscure‚ many famous paintings like Girl with a Pearl Earring and Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer were executed during
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population at the time was against it. Although most were‚ many women still became excellent mathematicians‚ artists‚ and writers‚ and some men supported these women and encouraged other women to learn various subjects as well. In a painting by Johannes Vermeer‚ titled Woman Holding a Balance‚ (Doc 10)‚
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