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Vermeer – the painter of symbols

In this argumentative essay I want to demonstrate the importance of Vermeer.Johannes Vermeer of Delft, also known as Jan Vermeer or Johannes van der Meer, is now considered to be one of great Dutch masterpainters. However, hiswork was forgotten after his death in 1675. It was not rediscovered until the late19

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century.Johannes Vermeer of Delft was one of the most talented painters in theDutch Golden Age. He created a number of paintings in the 17

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century. His Work and life had been forgotten for centuries, but now Wermmer is considered to beone of the greates painters.

I choose Vermeer for many reason:

- the fact that his importance was forgotten for century- the motifs and the theme that he approched- the fact that Vermeer used many symbols, attributes, personificationsand allegories in his paintings- his paintings are full of musical instruments and people makingmusic.- Vermeer painted mostly domestic interiors.Little is known about his life and only a small number of his paintings have been preserved. The only sources of information are some registers, a few officialdocuments and coments by other artist.

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Wermeer a good painting because he created luscious canvasesof limited scope: generally women and men in seventeenth-century rooms, but alsooccasional outdoor scenes, allegory and religious themes. The fascination lies withthe intricate combination of light, color, proportion and scale that anhance themoods and reality of the subjects.

Another reason

to love Vermeer are his themes: portraits, city views,evryday scenes painted by him.Whenever we look at a painting we may ask ourselves several questions.One of the firts questions would probably be: “

Who made it?

” For most paintingsthis will be very clear. Maybe there is a signature on the painting, or you simplylook at the information sign near the painting in the museum. Then you willautomatically see the title on the painting. But the question “what is the meaning of this picture?” may not be so easy to answer.

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Several artists have some hidden meaning in their work that can only bediscovered with the proper information. I will try to shed some light on the deeper meaning of the paintings of Vermeer.Vermeer used many symbols, attributes, personifications and allegories togive his paintings some special meaning. This part of the Vermeer site tries toteach us a way of looking at his picture wich can give us a hint of the deeper meaning of his painting. Unfortunately many of the deeper meanings of the paintings can only be speculed on. Seventeenth century knowledge has been lost,and many art historians try to reconstruct the proper meanings of the paintings.Some part are very clear, other parts can only be guessed.

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t the iconography can help us to understing the paintings.Iconography is the study of subjects in art, and their deeper meaning. The firststage is the description of the painting, then follows the iconographical descriptionof the painting and the last stage is the iconographical interpretation.

Then, I choose Wermeer because

his paintings are full of musicalinstruments and people making music. In many paintings, music is present in oneway or another.Vermeer painted mostly domestic interiors, often of a woman alone doingsomething: pouring milk, weighing jewels, reading a letter, playing a lute. It is notknown who any of the models were. They were probably all painted in the sameroom, Vermeer's studio on the first floor in his mother-in-law's house. The roomhad three windows and light from the northwest -- preferred by painters because itwas more diffuse and even. In most of the paintings the women sit or stand in thesame corner, with the light source from the left, so that the shadow of Vermeer'shand did not fall onto the canvas as he was painting.

Vermeer may have used a camera obscure as he painted.

A camera obscura brings some parts of a composition into focus while blurring others, as well asintensifying colours. Antony van Leeuwenhoek, who invented the microscope andother optical instruments, was the executor of Vermeer's will, and may well haveintroduced him to theIn conclusion, I want to say that I love Vermeer for his paintings.

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