History of western art: the age of splendor
This program's focus is on the Baroque and the Dutch masters, including Vermeer, Rembrandt, Rubens, Caravaggio and Bernini, who coupled with spectacular new limits of realism and expression that fostered such great art as Las Meninas, Marriage a la ...
Art of the Netherlands : the Dutch masters: Vermeer
Born in 1632, only three dozen canvases survive from Johannes Vermeer's working life. A resident of the Dutch city of Delft, it is Vermeer’s subject matter that is the first point of interest in his work. Unusually, he chose to depict scenes of or...
Views on Vermeer: 10 short stories
Johannes Vermeer died nearly 350 years ago, but his work continues to evoke inspiration and passion. Shot largely in New York (home to a third of the world’s Vermeers) Views on Vermeer also travels to Holland, France, London and Washington - intro...
Great artists with Tim Marlow: Vermeer
Little is known about Johannes Vermer, the pre-eminent Dutch genre painter, other than he painted very few paintings and died penniless. His genius is his ability to transform a placid everyday event into a scene of mystery and intrigue. In this 14 ...