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Vermeer, Johannes

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A brief biography of Vermeer and information about all his paintings.
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MyStudios- Johannes Vermeer The Complete Works  Those are pearls that were his eyes Shakespeare, The Tempest...
http://mystudios.com/vermeer/vermeer-core.html

Comprehensive collection of the images of Vermeer's works with biography and historical comments.
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Jan Vermeer Olga's Gallery  To look at auction records, find Vermeer's works in upcoming auctions, check price levels and indexes for his works, read his biography and view his signature, access the Artprice database. The esthetic tastes of nowadays rank Jan Vermeer as one...
http://www.abcgallery.com/V/vermeer/vermeer.html

In-depth study of this work and the artist from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
http://www.nga.gov/feature/vermeer/index.html

Lucius Furius view on Vermeer and how he was almost forgotten after his death.
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Vermeer: Genius Ignored  Vermeer was modestly successful as a painter/art dealer in Delft. After his death he was forgotten almost entirely Rembrandt was underestimated; his contemporary Jan Vermeer of Delft was completely ignored. Vermeer was modestly successful as a painter/art dealer, well-respected in...
http://www.serve.com/Lucius/Vermeer.index.html

Years of speculation and controversy surround claims that the great Dutch artist, Johannes Vermeer, used the camera obscura to create some of the most famous images in Western art.
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Vermeers Camera, Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces  H player home book vermeer vermeer's room 3d model essay gallery author order links...
http://www.vermeerscamera.co.uk/

Contains a list of Vermeer specialists and the geographical distribution of Vermeer's paintings.
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Johannes Vermeer--study data  A browser which can indicate a frame is necessary in order to show this page To Page wihtout a frame...
http://www.johannesvermeer.com/web-e/frame-e.html

Collection of Vermeer's six most famous paintings.
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The Vermeer Art Gallery  Vermeer loved to grasp the private moment. Here a woman is presented a love note by her maid. She glances up with a look of apprehension and the maid reassuringly gazes back down upon her. The woman has obviously been...
http://www.gbt.org/gallery.html

John Haber's review on Vermeer's delicate balance.
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Haber's Art Reviews: Jan Vermeer's Delicate Balance  I want to imagine his doubts. Or are the doubts my own? They begin with a single painting, from a once-in-a-lifetime retrospective in Washington. In The Woman Weighing Pearls, the scale appears almost precisely in balance, but one's line of...
http://www.haberarts.com/vermeer2.htm

Biography, paintings and online puzzles of his work.
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J.-E Berger Foundation: Johannes Vermeer, Delft 1632 Delft 1675  Mechelen house with an adjoining inn on the Grote Markt square in Delft. His father, a weaver and inn keeper, was enrolled in the Guild of Saint Luke as Mr. Constvercoper (master merchant of artworks Jan Vermeer would see his...
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/Vermeer/english/

The Mauritshuis Museum has a lot of Vermeer's work in their collection and also to see online.
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Welcome in the Mauritshuis  ...
http://www.mauritshuis.nl/english/index.html

Chronology of his work, a diary of a Vermeer tour and a link section.
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SHALAB Shuji Hashimoto Laboratory  L for proper spelling and capitalization. If you're having trouble locating a destination on our web site, try visiting the home page. Also, you may find what you're looking for if you try searching below. Otherwise, you can contact webmaster:...
http://www.phys.waseda.ac.jp/shalab/~kenji/vermeer/vermeer.html

Palette and painting techniques of Dutch master Johannes Vermeer
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Vermeer's_Palette_part one  Genuine ultramarine is made of the powdered semi-precious stone lapis lazuli. Natural lapis lazuli mustbeing thoroughly purified by repeated washings. The exact proportions between pigment (powdered lapis lazuli) and vehicle (natural drying oil) and correct amount of hand mulling necessary...
http://vermeerspalette.20m.com/index.html.htm

A guided art history tour through this painting of Vermeer, by Kees Kaldenbach, art historian.
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The View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer, a guided art history tour through this painting. Analysis  This page is designed to be viewed by a browser which supports Netscape's Frames extension. This text will be shown by browsers which do not support the Frames extension....
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kalden/verm/view/Vermeer_main.html

The old masters painting technique used by Johannes Vermeer.
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Glazing in the Painting of Johannes Vermeer  Web space and hosting from fws1.com Popular Searches: Glazing in the Art of Johannes Vermeer the mysterious old masters painting technique and how Vermeer used it Of all the old masters painting techniques, glazing is probably the most discussed but...
http://glazing.fws1.com/index.htm

Short biography but good illustrated guide to his paintings.
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WebMuseum: Vermeer, Jan  Dutch genre painter who lived and worked in Delft, created some of the most exquisite paintings in Western art. His works are rare. Of the 35 or 36 paintings generally attributed to him, most portray figures in interiors. All his...
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vermeer/

Article about the Vermeer exhibition at London's National Gallery
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BBC News ARTS Crowds gather for Vermeers  Episcopolooks at the rising interest in art exhibitions real28k Thursday, 21 June, 2001, 10:58 GMT 11:58 UK Crowds gather for Vermeers Vermeer's use of light lends his works a unique mood Large crowds have flocked to the opening of the...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/1397496.stm

Images and description of one of the best-known artist's paintings.
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Girl with A Pearl Earring An In-Depth Study  Earring is universally recognized as one of Johannes Vermeer's absolute masterworks.After more than a century of study, the work still poses significant questions. Who was the sitter and was the painting even intended as a portrait? Why had it remained...
http://girl-with-a-pearl-earring.20m.com/

Analyzes paintings by the artist geometrically to prove he used the Grail Geometry for composition.
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Vermeer's Riddle Revealed PRIORY OF SION paintings analyzed for the Grail Geometry.  You have reached the website that reveals a centuries-old secret. The Dutch master artist Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) used a secret, forbidden geometric formula to compose several of his masterpieces. It is here proposed that Vermeer learned the Grail Geometry as...
http://www.vermeersriddlerevealed.com

Links and information on books about the life and work of the painter.
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Essential Vermeer  Vermeer exhibitions site additions glossary a-c d-i j-p q-z The life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer by Jonathan Janson the life and work of the 17th c. Dutch master Johannes Vermeer The Essential Vermeer provides a...
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/