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Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

He was close to the Jesuits, and the Jesuits did a lot ofresearch on optics and on light...

He was close to the Jesuits, and the Jesuits did a lot of
research on optics and on light as they saw that
as the light of God

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He was close to the Jesuits,
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and the Jesuits did a lot of research on optics and on light
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as they saw that as the light of God.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:45
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...
Vermeer draws us further and further - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
Vermeer draws us further and further
And I don't just mean the interior world of the room, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:09
And I don't just mean the interior world of the room,
He holds us in, in a way, in a miniature world, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
He holds us in, in a way, in a miniature world,
But, by doing that, and precisely by doing that, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:13
But, by doing that, and precisely by doing that,
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,