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Close to Vermeer

We have no ideawhat knowledge he had

We have no idea
what knowledge he had

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We have no idea what knowledge he had.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:52
Uploaded
Mar 12, 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 ...
He must have had some kind of optical instrument... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
He must have had some kind of optical instrument...
With mirrors and lenses to be able to see this kind of effect. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
With mirrors and lenses to be able to see this kind of effec...
Hold out your hand again. Wow. - Close to Vermeer 00:05
Hold out your hand again. Wow.
It's only 30 to 50 centimeters, but the difference... - Close to Vermeer 00:08
It's only 30 to 50 centimeters, but the difference...
Your hand is all vague, very vague contours. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
Your hand is all vague, very vague contours.
While your face and your necklace are really well-defined. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
While your face and your necklace are really well-defined.
Now you're all blurry so I must try to somehow... - Close to Vermeer 00:08
Now you're all blurry so I must try to somehow...
Get you in focus by changing the distance. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
Get you in focus by changing the distance.
- Watch your step. - I know that step. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
- Watch your step. - I know that step.
A camera obscura is basically a dark box. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
A camera obscura is basically a dark box.
When you take off the lid, you see this dark room here. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
When you take off the lid, you see this dark room here.
The lens is here and the image falls on this mirror... - Close to Vermeer 00:05
The lens is here and the image falls on this mirror...
It reflects the image onto this ground-glass screen. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
It reflects the image onto this ground-glass screen.
It's really parchment and should be quite translucent. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
It's really parchment and should be quite translucent.
When I look through this, I can suddenly see that as an image. - Close to Vermeer 00:08
When I look through this, I can suddenly see that as an imag...
What you can see in this way, fascinates me here too. - Close to Vermeer 00:07
What you can see in this way, fascinates me here too.
Vermeer has that too. He knows that if there are several window panes... - Close to Vermeer 00:07
Vermeer has that too. He knows that if there are several win...
The curtain no longer throws one shadow, but in this case... - Close to Vermeer 00:06
The curtain no longer throws one shadow, but in this case...
He didn't paint with the camera obscura, he observed. - Close to Vermeer 00:06
He didn't paint with the camera obscura, he observed.
He did exactly this and wondered: Wow, what's happening here? - Close to Vermeer 00:07
He did exactly this and wondered: Wow, what's happening...