Enough said! Once you've decided what art work of Vermeer you most enjoy, please post an image of it, along with the title of the piece to this post. Some of these links may help you discover an answer.....
The Essential Vermeer
GWAPE's author's website
The Rijksmuseum's page on the Vermeer collection Amsterdam owns
My favorite work by Vermeer is his painting of The Girl with a Pearl Earring. I love how simple and effortless his work looks. The painting is not so busy and makes Griet stands out more, especially the pearls. I also like her face in the painting, it makes you look harder into the picture and gives the portrait more meaning.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite painting of Vermeer's was "The Girl with Wine Glass". This is my favorite, because the girl's dress is a bright red, which really makes her the main focus point of the painting, There is also, so much detail in the floor, dress, painting on the wall, window and other background character. I think he did a great job by making the primary color red, the foreground of the picture. Which really adds to the contrast between the foreground and background.
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DeleteI really like "A Maid Asleep" (though I've seen other titles for the artwork). http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vermeer/i/asleep.jpg
ReplyDeleteMy favorite painting by Vermeer is "The Guitar Player". I like this piece for many reasons. The composition has many vivid and bright colors that add to the mood and overall feel of the painting. I also love the story of the work. The piece shows a young lady learning and enjoying the wonders and magic that visual art and music offer.
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My favorite painting of Vermeers's is "The Girl With Wine Glass". I like this painting because your eye is drawn directly to the red dress or the table cloth. In this piece, I think he did an awesome job with the detailing and color. It's very realistic and it seems like you could almost touch the objects. I also like how he did the lighting because it hits the people and walls well. Overall I think this is a fantastic painting! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wine_Glass
ReplyDeleteMy favorite work by Vermeer is probably the milk maid. I like this one because everything looks calm and it is painted very nicely. I like the table with all the food on it because there is a lot of detail on the food. Also I like how the window is and how Vermeer made the light come through the window and at the right angle. I think it's pretty neat.
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