dear God is it dull. It’s based on the best-selling novel by Tracy Chevalier but‚ more significantly than that‚ the book itself tells the story behind a painting by brush-brandishing Dutchman Johannes Vermeer. And not a very interesting story either‚ it has to be said. Rent-a-thesp Colin Firth plays Vermeer‚ who takes a break from the clogs‚ windmills and whore-patrolled waterways of 17th Century Holland to paint humble housemaid Griet (a perfectly-cast Scarlett Johansson‚ of Lost In Translation fame)
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relationship Griet forms working for Johannes Vermeer a Dutch painter. From the outside‚ their relationship looks just like any other servant and master relationship. Looking closer one can see the friendship formed between them. Though it is good that a master and servant have mutual respect for each other‚ but the problems arise when feelings for the person comes into play. Griet crosses some boundaries when she starts to feel a romantic attraction for Johannes her master. The result can only be
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Analysis Between Dutch Baroque and French Realism Johannes Vermeer Jean-Francois Millet The Milkmaid Woman Baking Bread Circa 1657-1658 1854 45.5 x 41 cm 55 x 46 cm Rijksmuseum‚ Amsterdam‚ Netherlands Rijksmuseum‚ Otterlo‚ Netherlands Oil Painting Oil Painting Dutch Baroque vs. French Realism Throughout the ages‚ art has been one of many ways to communicate with our history. Every painting‚ drawing‚ sculpture‚ etc. tells us a story of that time period and if we
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WITH A PEARL EARRING AANTEKENINGEN BOEK Thesis; During the story the main character Griet changes a lot in her behaviour and attitude towards her environment. Information | Page | Quote | The shiness of Griet in the beginning towards Vermeer | 5 | ‘No‚ Sir’ I hesitated. I could not say why I had laid out the vegetables as I did. I simply set them as I felt they should be‚ but I was too frightened to say so to a gentleman’ | | | ‘I did not want him to think I was idle’ | She hides
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Johannes Brahms was born on May 7‚ 1833‚ in Hamburg‚ which is the second largest city in Germany. Brahms was known for being a composer of romantic music. He started playing piano at an early age‚ and he used his gift to "[help] to supplement the rather meager family income by playing the piano in restaurants and theaters‚ as well as by teaching" (Johannes Brahms). His piano teachers were Otto Cossel and Eduard Marxsen. At a young age he gave some public concerts in Hamburg. Though he was not
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Johannes Brahms was a German Composer‚ Pianist and conductor of the 19th century or the Romantic period. He was one of the 3 B?s or the Big three: Bach‚ Beethoven and Brahms. Johannes was a very self-critic man he burned many of his pieces before he could get anyone?s opinion on them and he burned all of his compositions that he wrote before the age of 19. Johannes Brahms was born on Tuesday 7th may 1833‚ in the city of Hamburg the birthplace also of Mendelssohn. Johann Brahms was himself a musician
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three B’s (meaning Bach‚ Beethoven and Brahms) of classical music‚ is Johannes Brahms. Brahms is perhaps one of the greatest tributes to the Romanic era of music. Brahms’s music complemented the rapid growth of Romantic individualism in the second half of the 19th century. He often styled his works after Haydn‚ Mozart‚ and Beethoven‚ with an added influence from Franz Schubert‚ artists to whom he had a great adoration for. Johannes Brahms was born in the German city of Hamburg. His father was a musician
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undiscovered talent of art‚ her connection with Johannes Vermeer and the help of Maria Thins. Tracey Chevalier’s Girl With A Pearl Earring tells the story of a sixteen-year-old servant girl who is sent to work for a painter and his family due to her father losing his trade. Thinking that she is there for cooking‚ cleaning and child minding she is also allowed into the studio‚ where the painter’s wife is not allowed. When she is asked by Vermeer to be a model for his painting‚ she agrees but is
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Earring by Johannes Vermeer is one of my favorite works of art because it arouses a lot of emotions in me: curious‚ amazed‚ and obsessed. Her eye contact and her lips are about to say something. It draws me in her gaze to guess what she wants to say. Because of its huge impression on me‚ I decide to choose this artwork as the topic for my Photo Self Portrait Paper. Based on the signature on the painting “IVMeer”‚ Girl with a Pearl Earring was estimated to be created in 1665 by Johannes Vermeer‚ a Dutch
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Griet over the two years she serves the Delft painter‚ Johannes Vermeer and his family. Soon‚ Griet is granted the privilege to help Vermeer in his studio‚ which any other family member has not. This act causes a great deal of tension within the household and the novel gets a totally different perspective. Reading this book is a great experience and hence satisfaction. Griet begins her work by cleaning the various still life objects that Vermeer will paint later that day. She is also given the responsibility
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