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Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

The Rijksmuseum and Mauritshuis host an exhibition bringing together Vermeer masterpieces. The museum director and curators give a private tour, sharing new research into Vermeer's artistic process, and motivations for his composi...

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When you stand
in front of a Vermeer, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

When you stand in front of a Vermeer,

He's like a film director,
long before film was invented. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

He's like a film director, long before film was invente...

The exhibition tries
to get closer to Vermeer. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

The exhibition tries to get closer to Vermeer.

This means that you will be closer
also to his thoughts, to his ideas. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

This means that you will be closer also to his thoughts, to ...

And it's as if he has taken
the most mundane thing - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And it's as if he has taken the most mundane thing

MAN 1: Vermeer makes us realise
what it is to be human. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

MAN 1: Vermeer makes us realise what it is to be human.

And the intimacy is so direct
that it gives you goose pimples. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And the intimacy is so direct that it gives you goose pimple...

An exhibition of Vermeer's paintings
on this scale is unprecedented. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

An exhibition of Vermeer's paintings on this scale is u...

MAN 1: 'In the over 200 years
of the Rijksmuseum, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

MAN 1: 'In the over 200 years of the Rijksmuseum,

There's relatively little known
about Vermeer, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

There's relatively little known about Vermeer,

There's no letters, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

There's no letters,

So, to get closer to the artist, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So, to get closer to the artist,

We know 37 paintings by Vermeer, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

We know 37 paintings by Vermeer,

But still, then,
that's a small oeuvre, 37. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

But still, then, that's a small oeuvre, 37.

And through sources, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And through sources,

So, that's extremely few paintings. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So, that's extremely few paintings.

And the amazing thing is
that the quality is incredibly high. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And the amazing thing is that the quality is incredibly high...

So the question remains,
how did he do it? - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So the question remains, how did he do it?

MAN 2: Looking at Vermeer, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

MAN 2: Looking at Vermeer,

And sometimes
we are part of the story, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And sometimes we are part of the story,

And, in other paintings,
we see that we are somewhere - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And, in other paintings, we see that we are somewhere

Well, he uses light,
he uses perspective, depth, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Well, he uses light, he uses perspective, depth,

Colour, I mean, if there is one
painter where light is colour - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Colour, I mean, if there is one painter where light is colou...

NARRATOR: Journey back in time
to 1658. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

NARRATOR: Journey back in time to 1658.

This plain group of worn facades - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

This plain group of worn facades

Cracks in the masonry, peeling paint
and white-washed walls - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Cracks in the masonry, peeling paint and white-washed walls

Painted with exquisite detail, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Painted with exquisite detail,

Daily life articulated
by a moment in time. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Daily life articulated by a moment in time.

A large house dominates the scene, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

A large house dominates the scene,

A black door is closed, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

A black door is closed,

Water trickles back towards us
via a gutter, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Water trickles back towards us via a gutter,

Children are absorbed,
heads down in playful activity, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Children are absorbed, heads down in playful activity,

The painting is beautifully rendered
with an explosion of white dots. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

The painting is beautifully rendered with an explosion of wh...

Brickwork, foliage, rooftops - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Brickwork, foliage, rooftops

Everything is worthy
of our attention. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Everything is worthy of our attention.

The people living there
seem to ignore us - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

The people living there seem to ignore us

Some shutters are closed, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Some shutters are closed,

The little street is quiet,
with a little glimpse of life. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

The little street is quiet, with a little glimpse of life.

WOMAN: He says, "You don't need
to look at me. Wander by. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

WOMAN: He says, "You don't need to look at me. Wan...

"This is just a little scene.
Nothing to notice here." - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

"This is just a little scene. Nothing to notice here.&q...

It's such a quiet relationship, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

It's such a quiet relationship,

It's almost less a scene
than a mood, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

It's almost less a scene than a mood,

And that's why he ranks so highly
up the list of artists for me. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And that's why he ranks so highly up the list of artist...

WOMAN: Prior to the exhibition,
we did a lot of technical research, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

WOMAN: Prior to the exhibition, we did a lot of technical re...

And indeed, there's no drawings
we know of by Vermeer, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And indeed, there's no drawings we know of by Vermeer,

And we see all these traces
in the paintings - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And we see all these traces in the paintings

There's other changes, like
these two children on the pavement. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

There's other changes, like these two children on the p...

So, the pavement was already there,
and then he thought, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So, the pavement was already there, and then he thought,

And then there's this red shutter
on the right side of the painting, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And then there's this red shutter on the right side of ...

And that's actually
a very late addition by Vermeer, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And that's actually a very late addition by Vermeer,

So, there was no red shutter first, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So, there was no red shutter first,

So, he did all these changes, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So, he did all these changes,

PIETER: When we're talking
about the Netherlands, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

PIETER: When we're talking about the Netherlands,

And one of these cities or towns
in the Netherlands was Delft. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And one of these cities or towns in the Netherlands was Delf...

I think 25,000 inhabitants - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

I think 25,000 inhabitants

Thinking about Vermeer
as a young boy, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Thinking about Vermeer as a young boy,

It was his father
who became an art dealer - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

It was his father who became an art dealer

Well, from abroad,
who came from Italy or France - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Well, from abroad, who came from Italy or France

So, as a young kid, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So, as a young kid,

And what we see happening
at a certain moment, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And what we see happening at a certain moment,

And there was a drawing school
really nearby, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And there was a drawing school really nearby,

PIETER: When I look at
the View Of Delft, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

PIETER: When I look at the View Of Delft,

It's there,
but there's water in between us - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

It's there, but there's water in between us

And then you start looking, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And then you start looking,

I mean, you see the church,
the new church, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

I mean, you see the church, the new church,

We see the herring fleet, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

We see the herring fleet,

The gates, I mean, those will be
the gates that will open to us - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

The gates, I mean, those will be the gates that will open to...

So, there are single steps in the
way we will proceed in a minute, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So, there are single steps in the way we will proceed in a m...

And, right, that moment of waiting
is crucial, I think, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And, right, that moment of waiting is crucial, I think,

RACHEL: He takes a port - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

RACHEL: He takes a port

Delft would've been receiving goods
and ships and people - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Delft would've been receiving goods and ships and peopl...

Vermeer chooses to paint it at
some unearthly hour of the morning - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Vermeer chooses to paint it at some unearthly hour of the mo...

And you can all but hear
just the nothing - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And you can all but hear just the nothing

And yet in this very,
very quiet world that he captures... - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And yet in this very, very quiet world that he captures...

..where nothing really moves
except one thing, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

..where nothing really moves except one thing,

And there's this dark cloud passing, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And there's this dark cloud passing,

And yet, beyond it, as it passes,
you see the glint of light - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

And yet, beyond it, as it passes, you see the glint of light

Vermeer draws your eye
gently down there, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Vermeer draws your eye gently down there,

You know you will step
into that city as you look. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

You know you will step into that city as you look.

You are drawn very quietly
into the world - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

You are drawn very quietly into the world

PIETER: What he's doing
in the View Of Delft, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

PIETER: What he's doing in the View Of Delft,

It's early in the tradition,
or the new tradition, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

It's early in the tradition, or the new tradition,

He really guides our eye
into his composition. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

He really guides our eye into his composition.

So, there he's very much aware
of who the beholder is. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So, there he's very much aware of who the beholder is.

That's Vermeer as
the cinematographer to the max. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

That's Vermeer as the cinematographer to the max.

That kind of interplay between light
and dark throughout the composition - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

That kind of interplay between light and dark throughout the...

I believe light is crucial to
Dutch artists in the 17th century. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

I believe light is crucial to Dutch artists in the 17th cent...

All different kinds of lakes,
waterways, canals. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

All different kinds of lakes, waterways, canals.

So those were kind of mirrors
laying in the fields - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

So those were kind of mirrors laying in the fields

TACO: We don't know how long
Vermeer took to paint a painting, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

TACO: We don't know how long Vermeer took to paint a pa...

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The Rijksmuseum and Mauritshuis host an exhibition bringing together Vermeer masterpieces. The museum director and curators give a private tour, sharing new research into Vermeer's artistic process, and motivations for his composi...

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Director: David Bickerstaff

Writer: N/A

Production: Seventh Art Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

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ImdbRating: 7.5

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Released: 18 Apr 2023

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Homepage: https://exhibitiononscreen.com/films/vermeer-blockbuster-exhibition/