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The Aesthetic Development of an Artist Johan Vermeer (1632-1675)

The Aesthetic Development of an Artist Johan Vermeer (1632-1675). Wolfgang Wildgen (Bremen, Germany) September 11th, 15:00 to 16:00. Contents. From religious art to genre painting From popular genre pictures to middle class interieurs

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The Aesthetic Development of an Artist Johan Vermeer (1632-1675)

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  1. The Aesthetic Development of an ArtistJohan Vermeer (1632-1675) Wolfgang Wildgen (Bremen, Germany) September 11th, 15:00 to 16:00 Sozopol September 11th, 15:00-16:00

  2. Contents • From religious art to genre painting • From popular genre pictures to middle class interieurs • From intime interieurs to intellectual portraits (types) • From interieurs to „exterieurs“ Sozopol September 11th, 15:00-16:00

  3. First Category: Religious Art • 1655: Jesus in the house of Maria and Martha • Triangular constellatation with Jesus at the right side of the triangle. • Vector of sight line to Martha • Vector of hand gesture to Maria. • Theological significance of the duality: world activity (Martha) – reflection (faith) (Maria) Sozopol September 11th, 15:00-16:00

  4. Second Category : both religious and civil • Dual interpretations: • Pregant woman–virgin Mary. • Weighting pearls – weighting souls (reference to the painting in the background). • Light from the window – conception by the Holy Spirit (classical iconography of the annunciation) Sozopol September 11th, 15:00-16:00

  5. Third Category: Interieurs The concert Woman with pearls Woman with lute Sozopol September 11th, 15:00-16:00

  6. At first view this picture fits the series of interieurs; but if we assume that the painter in the scene is Vermeer himself, then a type of autoreferentiality would be introduced. As the other pictures describe scenes which might have happened in Vermeer‘s household, this picture is a natural continuation of above mentioned series. Sozopol September 11th, 15:00-16:00

  7. Third category : Spatial complexity of interieurs Sozopol September 11th, 15:00-16:00

  8. Conclusions • Stylistic attractors are given by categories : • Religious painting (standard narrative) • Middle class interieurs • Spatial representations (different rooms, houses, town). • Dominant style changes in the artistic environment. • Religious and social motives. Sozopol September 11th, 15:00-16:00

  9. End E mail: wildgen@uni-bremen.de Home page: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/homepages/homepagebyid.asp?id=34 Sozopol September 11th, 15:00-16:00

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