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Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Where virtuous choicesneed to be made, and a delicate balancehas to be struck between...

Where virtuous choices
need to be made, and a delicate balance
has to be struck between earthly desire
and heavenly devotion

Full Transcript

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Where virtuous choices need to be made,
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and a delicate balance has to be struck
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between earthly desire and heavenly devotion.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:25:00
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...
A woman dressed in a blue jacket with fur trim - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
A woman dressed in a blue jacket with fur trim
The delicate scales in her right hand are level, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:09
The delicate scales in her right hand are level,
The table is partially covered by a large blue cloth - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
The table is partially covered by a large blue cloth
Light enters from a high window and softly illuminates the woman, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:15
Light enters from a high window and softly illuminates the w...
All focus centres around the balance. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
All focus centres around the balance.
To weigh and to judge are parallel themes - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:17
To weigh and to judge are parallel themes
Earthly pleasures such as gold and vice - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:14
Earthly pleasures such as gold and vice
The return to religious subjects completes a circle for Vermeer - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:12
The return to religious subjects completes a circle for Verm...
RACHEL: The Jesuits were a very strong influence on Vermeer. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
RACHEL: The Jesuits were a very strong influence on Vermeer.
And you have to remember that a very powerful part - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:17
And you have to remember that a very powerful part
And you placed yourself there and you imagined yourself there. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
And you placed yourself there and you imagined yourself ther...
You know, Ignatius was preaching - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:15
You know, Ignatius was preaching
And through that drew your moral and spiritual guide to it. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
And through that drew your moral and spiritual guide to it.
Find one picture to stand in front of and engage with, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
Find one picture to stand in front of and engage with,
You know, you can taste the tartness of the wine. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:05
You know, you can taste the tartness of the wine.
You can feel every texture. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:06
You can feel every texture.
You hear the sound of everything in that room. You can hear it. - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:07
You hear the sound of everything in that room. You can hear ...
This deep religious connotation is something that he imbibes so deeply - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:09
This deep religious connotation is something that he imbibes...
This is a deeply religious world, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:10
This is a deeply religious world,
TACO: Vermeer married into a very rich family, - Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition 00:08
TACO: Vermeer married into a very rich family,