Girl with a Pearl Earring

■ “Girl with a Pearl earring” is a striking Baroque painting made by a

Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer during Dutch Golden Age in 1665.
■ Vermeer showed light and shadow effect in this,which is most
common aspect linking many Baroque art pieces. This painting
depicts a girl in traditional clothing with a head scarf and a Pearl
earring looking outside the painting against the dark background.
■ On the flat surface, imaginary parallel set of diagonal lines fall on her
face along the shaded parts.But though, these lines are counter
balanced by other set of slightly diagonal parallel lines separating
dark part from the light ones and also include a line along her head
wear.A few parallel lines can also be seen along her head wear and
face angle. All these lines together create a sense of movement all
over the picture.
■ Vermeer created space,texure and material expression with
contrasting colour patterns and light play,this can be dominantly seen
in his almost invisible brush strokes at the Earring.
■ The light illuminating part of the painting contrast the dark and less
bright areas in the piece.
■ Vermeer’s use of colour stood great in the areas like- her shin, moist
lips and the shining pearpearl.could even see the reflection of her
clothing and light in the pearl though it consists less brush strokes.
■ Even the Head scarf is added with small reflections of light.
■ There is no wonder in calling this painting a “Light Masterpiece” is A.Hima Samhitha
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