L'Ambition de Vermeer. Sculpture while they work less

while they work less

«The temple of Kahat according to an unpublished document from Mari«

Through the magic of the brush and colors

Cette exposition propose une analyse approfondie de l'œuvre à travers trois axes : - un retour sur les sources iconographiques du tableau (imagerie populaire

L'Ambition de Vermeer. Sculpture while they work lessTo a modern eye, what distinguishes Vermeer from his contemporaries, Metsu, Ter Borch or De Hooch, is the aura of mystery that emanates from his paintings. This all too common feeling has given rise to a vast literature, which is not always free of commonplaces. This poetic quality, singular and incontestable, is precisely the subject of this book. But it is not considered here as an ineffable dimension: as Daniel Arasse suggests, Vermeer, on the