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Philip Hale

Vermeer and His Time

Johannes Vemeer, a 17th century artist, is recognised primarily for his genre scenes. Through meticulous precision in his paintings and drawings he achieves perfection and maximum impact. Unlike his predecessors, Vermeer used a camera obscura to bring even more perspective to his art in the most delicate of manners. He revolutionised the way in which we use and make paint and his colour application techniques predate some of those used by the impressionists nearly two centuries later. Girl with a Pearl Earring remains to this day his greatest masterpiece.
200 printed pages
Copyright owner
Parkstone International
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2019
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  • Polina Kasperhas quoted2 years ago
    He was born in 1632 and died at the age of forty-three in 1675 and it is when one compares him with other great artists of his own day and land that his superiority is most manifest

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