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Jan Vermeer. Girl with a Pearl Earring. c.1665. Oil on canvas. Mauritshuis, the Hague, Netherlands. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
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The Author: Tracy Chevalier Born: 19 October 1962 in Washington, DC. Education: BA in English, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1984. MA in creative writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1994.
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Why did Chevalier write about the girl in Vermeer’s painting? I have had a copy of that painting for a long time. I love it because it is so beautiful and mysterious. The expression on the girl’s face is ambiguous – sometimes she looks happy, sometimes sad, sometimes innocent, sometimes seductive. I was always curious about what she was thinking, and one day I wondered what Vermeer did to her to make her look like that. I began to understand that the painting is more than a picture of the girl, but also a portrait of the relationship between the painter and the model. I thought there must be a story behind her look, but when I found out that we don’t know who the model for the painting was, I realized I would have to make up the story myself. http://www.ted.com/talks/tracy_chevalier_finding_the_story_inside_the_painting.html?utm_content=awesm- publisher&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=on.ted.com-static&utm_campaign=&awesm=on.ted.com_TChevalierhttp://www.ted.com/talks/tracy_chevalier_finding_the_story_inside_the_painting.html?utm_content=awesm- publisher&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=on.ted.com-static&utm_campaign=&awesm=on.ted.com_TChevalier
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Genre = Historical Fiction A novel that re-creates a period or event in history and often uses historical figures as some of its characters.
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Delft
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Art in Vermeer’s Time Known as “The Dutch Golden Age” Painting was not considered an art, but a craftsmanship, a way to make a living.
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Vermeer, the Painter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johannes (yo-haan) Vermeer, or Jan Vermeer, or Johannes van der Meer lived 1632 – 1677 lived in Delft, The Netherlands was one of the “Dutch Old Master” painters little is known about his life only a small number of his paintings have been preserved (31 known) a versatile catalog: painted portraits, landscapes, and everyday scenes or individuals or small groups
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Vermeer’s Technique ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ choice & preparation of the support inventing (drawing) dead-coloring (underpainting) working-up & retouching glazing
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Vermeer’s Signature
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THE CAMERA OBSCURA http://www.artbabble.org/video/ngadc/verm eer-master-light-camera-obscura-part-4
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some paintings mentioned in the novel…
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View of Delft Jan Vermeer. View of Delfi. c.1660-1661. Oil on canvas. Mauritshuis, the Hague, Netherlands..
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Woman With a Pearl Necklace Jan Vermeer. Woman with a Pearl Necklace. c.1664. Oil on canvas. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany..
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The Milkmaid (Tanneke) Jan Vermeer. The Milkmaid. c.1658-1660. Oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands..
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Woman with a Water Jug Jan Vermeer. Woman with a Water Jug. c.1664-1665. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. National Gallery of Art. Web. 17 Oct. 2009.
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The Girl With a Wine Glass Jan Vermeer. The Girl with a Wine Glass. c.1659-1660. Oil on canvas. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Brunswick, Germany..
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Lady Writing a Letter Jan Vermeer. A Lady Writing. c.1665. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. National Gallery of Art. Web. 17 Oct. 2009.
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The Concert Jan Vermeer. The Concert. c.1665-1666. Oil on canvas. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, USA..
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The Dutch MONA LISA
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Does Scarlett Johansson make a convincing “Girl”?
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Griet Vermeer and Griet look at colors in the clouds.
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Delft Tiles
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Johannes Vermeer
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Maria Thins
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Pieter: the butcher’s son
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Catharina ~ Vermeer’s Wife
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Van Ruijven
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web sites worth your time… “The Essential Vermeer” web site: http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/ http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/ Tracy Chevalier’s official web page: http://www.tchevalier.com/gwape/index.html The MauritsHuis – Museum at The Hague that houses much Dutch artwork, including Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?Chapterid =2295
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