: "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Author :
Jan Vermeer
Creation year: 1665 Vermeer's representative work is a small oil painting, not much larger than octave paper, and the oil paint has been dried and cracked, but it is such a seemingly inconspicuous small painting, but it has attracted many literati, writers, tourists and spectators. They can't walk before the painting, what is shaking their hearts? It is the protagonist in the painting—a girl with a pearl earring. The stunning glimpse of the young girl in the painting seems to capture the viewer's soul. Vermeer used an all-black background in this painting, resulting in a rather strong three-dimensional effect. The black background highlights the charm of the girl's image, making her like a beacon in the dark, dazzling. The girl in the painting turned sideways and stared at us, her lips slightly open, as if to say something. Her flickering eyes showed earnestness, her head tilted slightly to the left, as if lost in a thousand thoughts. The teenage girl wears an unpretentious brown coat with a contrasting white collar, blue turban and draped lemon turban. Vermeer used mundane, simple colors and a limited tonal range in his paintings, then used varnishes to achieve layering and shading. Another eye-catching feature of this painting is the teardrop-shaped pearl earring that the girl wears on her left ear. Pearls are often a symbol of chastity in Vermeer's paintings, and some critics believe that the painting was probably painted on the eve of the girl's marriage. The girl in the painting has an extraordinary temperament, and she stares at the painter without distraction, and also at us. When appreciating this painting, the viewer will easily melt into the stare of this thread, forgetting both. Dutch art critic Göschjöder considered this to be Vermeer's finest work, the "Mona Lisa of the North". The charm of "Mona Lisa's Smile" lies in her mystery. No one knows why this woman can exude such a quiet smile, and what kind of mood the artist painted such a work in.
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