July 16, 2024

Vermeer's Vision: From Pearls to Plunder

59 minutes

Hosts Zak and Lianne explore the mysterious life and masterful works of Johannes Vermeer, featuring his debt-ridden family, use of optical devices, and limited yet powerful body of work. Add to that his role in one of art history's most famous, and still UNSOLVED, art heists. Then, we’ll chat about a Russian artist intent on dissolving works by Picasso in acid!

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Sources:

https://artshortlist.com/en/journal/article/10-things-to-know-about-johannes-vermeer

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/most-famous-paintings/index.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20121105004640/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73409194.html

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Vermeer-and-His-Milieu-Montias/7addad6bd91899b668c01238668e25dfaae39734

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/vermeer's_life.html#parents

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/fakes_thefts_school_of_delft_lost_sp/vermeer_theft_05.html#:~:text=At%201%3A24%20a.m.%20on,the%20other%20guard%20was%20elsewhere.

Steadman, Philip (2017). Vermeer and the Problem of Painting Inside the Camera Obscura. Berlin/Munich/Boston: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 76–86. ISBN 978-3-11-054721-4.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170425-why-vermeers-paintings-are-less-real-than-we-think

https://www.sonyclassics.com/timsvermeer/

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-artist-holding-valuable-art-hostage-to-protect-julian-assange

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/julian-assange-prison-rembrandt-picasso-artworks-russian-artist-1234696352/

https://www.artsy.net/artist/andrei-molodkin

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