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Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

A strong idea that you showsomething negative and, at the same time, if yourecognise it,...

A strong idea that you show
something negative and, at the same time, if you
recognise it, to do the opposite

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A strong idea that you show something negative
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and, at the same time, if you recognise it, to do the opposite.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:59
Uploaded
Mar 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Seventh Art Productions

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Movie Summary

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...
The question why he paints such a lot of women - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
The question why he paints such a lot of women
I think, of course, women were more attractive for every collector. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
I think, of course, women were more attractive for every col...
But other artists like Ter Borch - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:13
But other artists like Ter Borch
Depicting women is also a sales factor. But we don't know. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
Depicting women is also a sales factor. But we don't kn...
Part of the appeal of the paintings - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
Part of the appeal of the paintings
So, what we see happening in these paintings - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
So, what we see happening in these paintings
If it's pouring milk into a bowl, reading a letter, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:11
If it's pouring milk into a bowl, reading a letter,
The Geographer is one of the only five paintings - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:09
The Geographer is one of the only five paintings
So the entire chronology of Vermeer's work - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
So the entire chronology of Vermeer's work
What The Geographer and its pendant, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
What The Geographer and its pendant,
What it tells us is that in 17th-century houses, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
What it tells us is that in 17th-century houses,
And also Vermeer's interest in mathematics, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:25
And also Vermeer's interest in mathematics,
Globes, for example, you always see, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:13
Globes, for example, you always see,
So, it was really by those objects, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:14
So, it was really by those objects,
But he also shows - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
But he also shows
I wouldn't be surprised if these two paintings were commissioned, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
I wouldn't be surprised if these two paintings were com...
Because they're one of the very few paintings by Vermeer - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
Because they're one of the very few paintings by Vermee...
And they're very specific subjects. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
And they're very specific subjects.
So, they wouldn't have been to everybody's liking. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:05
So, they wouldn't have been to everybody's liking.
He's depicting an allegory of Catholic faith. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
He's depicting an allegory of Catholic faith.