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Transcript of Girl with a Pearl Earring c1665 Johannes Vermeer 1632-1675.
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Girl with a Pearl Earringc1665
Johannes Vermeer
1632-1675
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How do art works become famous?
• The quality of the painting itself – Vermeer is seen as one of the best artists of his time
• Another way is through scarcity – only 34 paintings have been authenticated as being by Vermeer
• Some art works, artists and periods have been written about frequently where others have not. What reasons might there be for this?
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And in the case of this painting..
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…a book and a film which focus on the work, contribute to its being so well known.
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Paintings which share particular subject matter/style/purpose are often grouped.
What groupings or categories of paintings can you think of?
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What category might this painting fit into?
• What might be the purpose of this work?
– Consider the title as a clue.
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• Could it be a portrait?
• What well-known portraits do you know?
• What are the characteristics of a portrait?
• Does this work fit them?
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• It is what is known as a ‘genre’ painting – in art, this would be of some phase of everyday life eg domestic interiors, village scenes etc
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• This, then, is a generic painting of a head, for the viewer’s delight.
• Such paintings often involve some theatricality – here, for example, the subject wears a turban-type headdress which would not have been the norm for a young Dutch girl whose headdress would have been much more modest and plain.
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• The subject makes eye-contact with the viewer. What effect does this create?
• Commentators have said there is a sense of ‘immediacy’ in this work. How is this created?
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• What effect does the dark background create?
• What direction does the light in the work come from? How can you tell?
• What effect does this directional type of lighting create? If it had been lit more brightly, how would the effect have changed?
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• What can you say about the way the paint has been applied (the brushwork) and the effect this creates?
Note: the craquelure (network of fine cracks) is the result of shrinkage of paint and ground over time
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• Why do you think the painter has added the pearl earring?
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A useful mnemonic for art analysis
PC FILMS• P - paint application/purpose• C - colour• F - form• I - influences• L - light/line• M - medium/method• S - space