
Through a historical analysis of Vermeer's method of production and a close reading of his art, Daniel Arasse explores the originality of this artist in the context of seventeenth-century Dutch painting. Arguing that Vermeer was not a painter in the conventional, commercial sense...

Through a historical analysis of Vermeer's method of production and a close reading of his art, Daniel Arasse explores the originality of this artist in the context of seventeenth-century Dutch painting. Arguing that Vermeer was not a painter in the conventional, commercial...
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Pour un regard moderne, ce qui distingue Vermeer de ses contemporains, Metsu, Ter Borch ou De Hooch, est l'aura de mystere qui se degage de ses tableaux. Ce sentiment trop bien partage a fait fleurir une vaste litterature, qui n'est pas toujours exempte de lieux communs. Cette...