Tim's Vermeer

Leatha 2022-07-20 14:09:42

Compared with the documentaries and lectures he watched before, Tim does not analyze the era, culture, or the trend of thought of the time. Instead, he explores the secrets of Vermeer's creation from a technical point of view. Tim is curious about the magical soft light effects and traceless drafts of the greatest oil masters of all time. High-quality lenses and telescopes and the way of simultaneous projection outlines the outlines. Vermeer's paintings are like slideshows. How colors can be accurately captured in a time when cameras were not invented. Tim shows in the documentary how he tries to 100% restore Vermeer's creations In the process, he selected 17th century dyes and milled powder and mixed them into pigments, used 17th century lens making methods, even reconstructed the house in the painting to restore the interior decoration, and completely dressed the model daughter's hairstyle and clothing as in the painting, just to explore the In what way did Vermeer "paint with light" under the conditions at that time. Rather than Vermeer, Tim is more like the protagonist of this documentary. He asks the truth if he is curious, and studies it himself without an answer. It is an excellent demonstration of a pure experimental spirit. "Oil painting is a document", through Tim's experiment, the image of the genius Vermeer has become more three-dimensional.

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  • Natalie Jenison: So if anything falls askew, your painting's in no danger, is that correct?

    Tim Jenison: No, I wouldn't say that... But, you know, I can always start over.

  • Philip Steadman: Using Tim's device, it isn't easy, but somehow it does turn you into a machine... You become a machine. Was Vermeer a machine? Maybe Vermeer was strong-minded enough to think, "I'll become a machine".