THE WORLD OF VERMEER

The World of Vermeer

The World of Vermeer

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General Overview

The book The World of Vermeer ' is a biography of Johannes Vermeer written by Hans Koningsberger

Johannes Vermeer is also known as Jan Vermeer . He was born in 1632 in the City of Delft , the Netherlands . His father is Reynier Jansson , silk weaver and art dealer . His mother is Dignum Balthasars who hailed from Antwerp , Belgium

Book Theme

The World of Vermeer is a detailed account on the life of Johannes Vermeer . As

the title connotes , Koningsberger 's books is a detailed peek into Vermeer 's world as person and an artist . Several of his famous masterpieces were discussed in detail . As a biography , the book revealed any facets of his private life . The book focused not only on Vermeer 's body of work , it also delved into the dynamics of his genius . This book allows readers to peek into the undisclosed life of the famous artist and the inspirations behind his famous paintings . Apart from learning about trivial things about the artist , the book sheds light on the artist 's choice of subjects and settings for his works of art . As a result , not only do the readers learn about the details of Vermeer 's life . World of Vermeer ' gives readers the privilege of briefly looking at the world through the eyes of the brilliant Dutch artist

Setting of book

The setting of the book was in the city Delft , the Netherlands . The time setting was in the 1632 to 1675 during the years that one of the greatest Dutch painters lived . The city of Delft in the Netherlands is known as one of the most historical places in the Netherlands , said to be the place where most of the action took place

Delft was among one of the first progressive cities in the Netherlands . The early 1600 's , when Vermeer was born , was the time when the Netherlands had started to show significant level of prosperity

During Vermeer 's mid-20 's , at about 1656 , Europe saw the emergence of various expressions of art among which was the opera brought about by the opening of the Opera House in London . The mounting interest of the people in art during that time led to the rise of different media in the area

It may also be because of this change in the social and economic climate in the whole of Europe that encouraged Vermeer to pursue his career as a painter

Main Characters

Catherina Bolnes

Catherina is hails from an affluent family . She and Johannes get married in Schipluiden despite some objections by her mother Maria Thins . She is the woman behind the great Johannes Vermeer . Although it was not clear whether Johannes had painted his wife , it was clear that he would use his wife and his children to pose as his models (Janson , 2007

Reynier Jansson

Reynier 's profession as an art dealer exposed Johannes to art . His inn called the Mechelen ' served as...