Johannes Vermeer has only a few peers and, I think, no superiors in the history of painting. Here’s an excellent web site that explores his work and times. It’s not very fancy, but keep clicking; there’s a lot of material and it’s all worth looking at.
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18 September 2007 at 1:25 PM
jeff
The guy who runs that site is a pretty good painter in his own right.
I does very interesting remakes on Vermeer’s.
18 September 2007 at 7:46 PM
David
Jeff,
I agree, although I found it amusing that he thinks that acrylic primer is the best ground to use if you want to “paint your own Vermeer” with a close approximation of Vermeer’s materials and methods.
19 September 2007 at 9:26 AM
Incompetent
Given Vermeer’s visionary qualities, I wouldn’t be surprised if time travel was also one of his talents.