Comments on: A Vermeer Comes to California http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/11/09/a-vermeer-comes-to-california/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paultje http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/11/09/a-vermeer-comes-to-california/comment-page-1/#comment-641736 Paultje Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:53:33 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/11/09/a-vermeer-comes-to-california/#comment-641736 Come to Amsterdam to see the rest of our best painters ghehehe x from Holland Come to Amsterdam to see the rest of our best painters

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]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/11/09/a-vermeer-comes-to-california/comment-page-1/#comment-626376 Charley Parker Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:56:41 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/11/09/a-vermeer-comes-to-california/#comment-626376 Thanks, Jonathan. I've posted about the <a href="http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/11/13/a-vermeer-in-rome/" rel="nofollow">Vermeer in Rome</a> for the benefit of readers in that area. For other readers, <a href="http://www.essentialvermeer.com/jonathan_janson/jonathan_janson.htm" rel="nofollow">Jonathan Janson</a> is the director of the amazing <em><a href="http://www.essentialvermeer.com/" rel="nofollow">Essential Vermeer</a></em> online resource (the term "web site" doesn't do it justice), as well as a special sub-site devoted to Girl With a Pearl Earring, and the superb <em><a href="http://www.rembrandtpainting.net/" rel="nofollow">Rembrandt van Rijn: Life and Work</a></em>. His new Vermeer focused blog is <a href="http://flyingfox.jonathanjanson.com/" rel="nofollow">Flying Fox</a>. He is also a <a href="http://www.essentialvermeer.com/jonathan_janson/jonathan_janson.htm" rel="nofollow">painter</a> in his own right, and is overdue to be the subject of a <em>Lines and Colors</em> post. Thanks, Jonathan.

I’ve posted about the Vermeer in Rome for the benefit of readers in that area.

For other readers, Jonathan Janson is the director of the amazing Essential Vermeer online resource (the term “web site” doesn’t do it justice), as well as a special sub-site devoted to Girl With a Pearl Earring, and the superb Rembrandt van Rijn: Life and Work.

His new Vermeer focused blog is Flying Fox.

He is also a painter in his own right, and is overdue to be the subject of a Lines and Colors post.

]]> By: Jonathan Janson http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/11/09/a-vermeer-comes-to-california/comment-page-1/#comment-626167 Jonathan Janson Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:56:38 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/11/09/a-vermeer-comes-to-california/#comment-626167 Speaking about "the extraordinary way Vermeer has used delicately applied touches of pure white", here I am in Rome experiencing the same little miracles with the Woman with a Pearl Necklace on temporary loan. This is the first time I have been able to view the painting at any length and it seem to me that if Vermeer had painted only this work, it would have assured him lasting fame. I have yet to In any case, this work reproduces very poorly, all the detail in the heavily shadowed are is lost while there is quite a bit of activity. The pull out table, which Vermeer included many times and it likely to have been under the blue tablecloth of the Lady Writing as well, is painted with such subtlety but with a very sure touch. The paint seems to have been breathed on rather than applied with a brush. The slate-blue tablecloth is lighter than in repros and the white wall defies description. Any way, thanks for the signal towards my site, Essential Vermeer. I look forward to a my brand-new new “Vermeer blog.” Speaking about “the extraordinary way Vermeer has used delicately applied touches of pure white”, here I am in Rome experiencing the same little miracles with the Woman with a Pearl Necklace on temporary loan. This is the first time I have been able to view the painting at any length and it seem to me that if Vermeer had painted only this work, it would have assured him lasting fame. I have yet to

In any case, this work reproduces very poorly, all the detail in the heavily shadowed are is lost while there is quite a bit of activity. The pull out table, which Vermeer included many times and it likely to have been under the blue tablecloth of the Lady Writing as well, is painted with such subtlety but with a very sure touch. The paint seems to have been breathed on rather than applied with a brush. The slate-blue tablecloth is lighter than in repros and the white wall defies description.

Any way, thanks for the signal towards my site, Essential Vermeer. I look forward to a my brand-new new “Vermeer blog.”

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