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Traces of Vermeer (Paperback)
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Traces of Vermeer (Paperback)
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List price R456
Loot Price R418
Discovery Miles 4 180
You Save R38 (8%)
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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. Jane Jelley has taken a new path in
this detective story. A painter herself, she has worked with the
materials of his time: the cochineal insect and lapis lazuli; the
sheep bones, soot, earth, and rust. She shows us how painters made
their pictures layer by layer; she investigates old secrets; and
hears travellers' tales. She explores how Vermeer could have used a
lens in the creation of his masterpieces. The clues were there all
along. After all this time, now we can unlock the studio door, and
catch a glimpse of Vermeer inside, painting light.
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