Johannes Vermeer, one of the most well-known Dutch artists, mastered the use of light. Some believe he did so better than anyone with the exception of van Eyck. There are only a few of his paintings known to exist today.
Not only did Vermeer use color and light well but his work revealed perfectly balanced compositions. Vermeer was said to have used a dark box with a pinhole opening to aid his compositions. This is probably one of the reasons why critics noted that Vermeer focused on extreme detail.
There’s been a lot of interest in Vermeer recently with two new books published in the last year—The Forger’s Spell by Edward Dolnick and The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan Lopez. Both of these books deal with the forgery of Vermeer’s paintings by Han van Meegeren.
You can find books on Vermeer and other artists as well as magazines at Nella’s Books and Collectibles.
Not only did Vermeer use color and light well but his work revealed perfectly balanced compositions. Vermeer was said to have used a dark box with a pinhole opening to aid his compositions. This is probably one of the reasons why critics noted that Vermeer focused on extreme detail.
There’s been a lot of interest in Vermeer recently with two new books published in the last year—The Forger’s Spell by Edward Dolnick and The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan Lopez. Both of these books deal with the forgery of Vermeer’s paintings by Han van Meegeren.
You can find books on Vermeer and other artists as well as magazines at Nella’s Books and Collectibles.
www.nellasbooksandcollectibles.ecrater.com
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