craftyindividual@lemm.eeM to artporn@lemm.ee · 1 year agoGirl Reading at an Open Window - Vermeer (1657-59)upload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down10
arrow-up165arrow-down1imageGirl Reading at an Open Window - Vermeer (1657-59)upload.wikimedia.orgcraftyindividual@lemm.eeM to artporn@lemm.ee · 1 year agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI am fascinated by fact that the upper right is where someone painted a painting.
minus-squareParadachshundlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt feels like a flex when painters paint paintings inside their paintings.
minus-squareapis@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoHad a wee gander at the entry about the painting on Wikipedia, and learned that that part had been painted over after Vermeer’s death, only to be revealed by restoration in 2021! EDIT: http://www.essentialvermeer.com/cat_about/open.html
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI thought the painting was a window and wondered why it wasn’t titled “huge baby stands outside window during the apocalypse”
minus-squareilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYo dawg… We heard you like paintings…
minus-squareapis@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoFascinated by what it is saying to us about the rest of the painting, and the beholder. Some story going on here!
minus-squarecraftyindividual@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThere’s always a lot going on with Vermeer. Often female subjects and the lower classes.
minus-squarecraftyindividual@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year ago Always a story and suspense.
I am fascinated by fact that the upper right is where someone painted a painting.
It feels like a flex when painters paint paintings inside their paintings.
Had a wee gander at the entry about the painting on Wikipedia, and learned that that part had been painted over after Vermeer’s death, only to be revealed by restoration in 2021!
EDIT: http://www.essentialvermeer.com/cat_about/open.html
Exciting, thanks.
I thought the painting was a window and wondered why it wasn’t titled “huge baby stands outside window during the apocalypse”
Yo dawg… We heard you like paintings…
Fascinated by what it is saying to us about the rest of the painting, and the beholder.
Some story going on here!
There’s always a lot going on with Vermeer. Often female subjects and the lower classes.