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The way Vermeer painted this wall is consistent with a photograph. It is not consistent with human vision. If you were standing in the room that Vermeer painted
by rquantz 12y ago
The way Vermeer painted this wall is consistent with a photograph. It is not consistent with human vision. If you were standing in the room that Vermeer painted, you would see that wall as a pretty even shade of off-white.
For an untrained eye casually glancing at the wall, sure, the brain edits out variations. But a big part of training to be a painter is learning to see, and even with an untrained eye, if you stare at a wall long enough you'll start to see color and texture variations. Not saying he couldn't have used a camera obscura or some other machine, but this in itself is hardly evidence that he had mechanical help.
- pcurve 12y agoI studied art for many years and I agree. I also wouldn't consider his paintings particularly photographic-like, and you certain don't need mechanical aid to paints that are far more photo-like that Vermeer's paintings. John Singer Sargent's work demonstrates that it's more about the lighting and selective details. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Sargent_Lady_Agnew_of_Lochnaw.jpg 37.media.tumblr.com/a815602d0a7437c561817b5153e59bc9/tumblr_mjdy7uWvkL1s6fgo9o1_1280.jpg