The primary characteristic of Vermeer’s work is the assimilation of his perspective to a photographic vision. Everything suggests that he made use of the camera obscura to establish the main outlines and perspectives of his paintings, but the use of this precursor to the photographic camera is only one aspect of Vermeer’s art.
The primary characteristic of Vermeer’s work is the assimilation of his perspective to a photographic vision. Everything suggests that he made use of the camera obscura to establish the main outlines and perspectives of his paintings, but the use of this precursor to the photographic camera is only one aspect of Vermeer’s art.
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.
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A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a flamboyant forger.
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