Artist field note

Johannes Vermeer

Light turns private space into concentrated attention.

View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer
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View of Delft

c. 1660-1661

A city appears suspended between weather, reflection and lucid structure.

The five in one idea

Vermeer showed how a small room and a held moment could contain an entire drama of seeing.