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Was when I visited London as a schoolboy
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Was when I visited Londonas a schoolboy

was when I visited London
as a schoolboy

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was when I visited London as a schoolboy.
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7 seconds
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36
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:50
Uploaded
Mar 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Much has been written, but little is known about Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic paintings and crowd pleasers such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring. His small oeuvre is almost everything he left behind. Dicht bij ...
The moment I saw the Vermeers I actually fainted. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
The moment I saw the Vermeers I actually fainted.
The National Gallery has Lady Sitting and Lady Standing at a Virginal. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
The National Gallery has Lady Sitting and Lady Standing at a...
And the shadows have exactly the right tone. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
And the shadows have exactly the right tone.
Leonardo da Vinci said, "Just use black," - Close to Vermeer 00:08
Leonardo da Vinci said, "Just use black,"
He seems to know that warm yellow light has cold blue shadows. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
He seems to know that warm yellow light has cold blue shadow...
The best exhibitions I've ever seen... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
The best exhibitions I've ever seen...
Didn't just determine my life during the two hours I was there... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
Didn't just determine my life during the two hours I wa...
A good exhibition should sweep you away. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
A good exhibition should sweep you away.
It should change the way you look. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
It should change the way you look.
Your view of the world changes. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
Your view of the world changes.
As you're drawn into this other world... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
As you're drawn into this other world...
And you're almost floating. Vermeer can really do that. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
And you're almost floating. Vermeer can really do that.
Under the microscope they stop being bricks. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
Under the microscope they stop being bricks.
They're just dots of paint in different colors. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
They're just dots of paint in different colors.
The fact that so much is left open makes it interesting. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
The fact that so much is left open makes it interesting.
...how he was able to paint these wonderful pictures. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
...how he was able to paint these wonderful pictures.
Take this red shutter, possibly the most beautiful shutter in the history of art. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
Take this red shutter, possibly the most beautiful shutter i...
If you imagine this painting without the red shutter... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
If you imagine this painting without the red shutter...
It's much less... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
It's much less...
Captivating. The red shutter stops you... - Close to Vermeer 00:05
Captivating. The red shutter stops you...