A Painting without Genre: Meaning in Jan Vermeer's The Girl with the Wine Glass.

Autor: Rossholm Lagerlöf, Margaretha
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Zdroj: Journal of Art History / Konsthistorisk Tidskrift; 2009, Vol. 78 Issue 2, p77-91, 15p
Abstrakt: The article provides information on the aspects of meaning in "The Girl with the Wine Glass" painting of Jan Vermeer. It discusses how the painting works as a device for viewing and interrogation as well as bringing forth the substance of meaning itself. According to the article, the painting is a challenge of the pictorial codes and the awareness of human conditions. It notes that Vermeer has installed the subject matter in a totally new modern way through scale, perspective and contrast to defined pictorial codes.
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