how Johannes Vermeer uses an implied narrative to engage you as the viewer in his paintings

On the Narrative Implication of Vermeer 's Works

Images can only tell as much as the meaning gets frozen in the medium Paintings serve as a capture of a specific moment and second , and painters who interpret a real object into a painting are tasked to integrate as much meaning as they can on one canvass and a set of images

The works of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer can be easily described as a collection of paintings with people as subjects other than a few works on landscapes such as View of

Delft and The Little Street Vermeer 's works can be observed to mostly feature people . Although he can be considered as a portraitist , his approach on portraits show a different interpretation about the subject . His paintings are always dynamic , and that the portrait in itself , in a way , is not just about the subject but also the aspects that further tell a story about the subject

This therefore brings to the implied narrative in Vermeer 's works . As Vermeer produced images , the narrative in his works can be seen in the technique he would use with the utilization of colors , light and shade to the composition of the subject . There is a prevailing observation in most of Vermeer 's works , and that is his subjects are always doing something or that the captured image , through his painting , depicts a moment of interruption or even a personal moment which people rarely expose to their interpreters

In Vermeer 's work...