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Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

But, by doing that,and precisely by doing that, he opens the world outwards because he...

But, by doing that,
and precisely by doing that, he opens the world outwards because he opens up
the whole emotional world of these people that he's painting

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But, by doing that, and precisely by doing that,
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he opens the world outwards
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because he opens up the whole emotional world
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of these people that he's painting.
Duration
13 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:55:43
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...
So, he takes us deep into their minds, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
So, he takes us deep into their minds,
And yet Vermeer sees, "No, she has a rich life." - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
And yet Vermeer sees, "No, she has a rich life."
But also, even more subtly, there's a third interior world - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:18
But also, even more subtly, there's a third interior wo...
We are kept out of it by the wall of a curtain or a chair - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:16
We are kept out of it by the wall of a curtain or a chair
And, therefore, just as the curtain is drawn aside - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:21
And, therefore, just as the curtain is drawn aside
It's a very, very peculiar way that he has of working - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:09
It's a very, very peculiar way that he has of working
Because where so many painters draw us in - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:17
Because where so many painters draw us in
We get a very closed thing - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:16
We get a very closed thing
I think the Girl with a Pearl Earring is so loved - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
I think the Girl with a Pearl Earring is so loved
She looks at us in her highly charged way - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
She looks at us in her highly charged way
He paints light and he captures light on her skin, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:14
He paints light and he captures light on her skin,
And the dark background, which originally was a dark green hanging, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:18
And the dark background, which originally was a dark green h...
And he must have used a model, but it is idealised. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
And he must have used a model, but it is idealised.
He can't have painted this from his memory, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
He can't have painted this from his memory,
The detail in observation is so big - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:18
The detail in observation is so big
The Girl with a Pearl Earring is what we call a Tronie, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
The Girl with a Pearl Earring is what we call a Tronie,
And obviously you wouldn't see people in the street - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
And obviously you wouldn't see people in the street
But you also, the other way around, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:15
But you also, the other way around,
I think that the relation between the colours, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:17
I think that the relation between the colours,
And that's where the mastery of Vermeer lies. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:05
And that's where the mastery of Vermeer lies.