the astronomer johannes vermeer

the astronomer johannes vermeerThis work by Johannes Vermeer has been the subject of numerous studies over the last few centuries concerning the place of science, and more particularly astronomy, in the 17th century landscape. The subject, absorbed in his task, surrounded by a panoply of ordered measuring instruments, leaves no room for the viewer. The artist treats the sole light source of the astronomer, like his master Rembrandt, by using chiaroscuro. This technique consists of

Vincent Van Gogh painted one of his most poignant works in Arles: The Self-Portrait with a Bandaged Ear

while the grass seems to be leaning to the right

She has an inviting posture in a teeming vegetation

such as The blue dancers and Dancers in pink

accompanied by a child

The perspective culminates here in a remote vanishing point

then return but mixed to form an abstract work

the hotel and the sky meet

and black crows

the foreground is occupied by sailboats at the mooring and the effects of light on the masts allow for complementary plays of color

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