Vermeer Exhibition 2023 Amsterdam National Museum of Art

Vermeer Exhibition, “The Largest Scale in History”. Held at the National Museum of Amsterdam | Bijutsu Techo

• It seems that 28 out of the 35 works are gathered, which is amazing.

• There are 5 works at the MET, but I guess they are not participating in this exhibition. Lol (blu3mo)

  • Well, if you go to the MET after returning, it will be 32 out of 35.
    • I already saw one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition @ National Art Center.
  • They were partially participating. (blu3mo)

• It was really good. (blu3mo) Highlights:

• I like the depiction of light.

  • I don’t have enough knowledge to articulate this, but maybe it’s something like “No Need to Forcefully Articulate Emotions”.

• I like the composition.

• I like how parallel objects are depicted on the same plane.

  • Things like curtains, shelves, and walls are often depicted parallel to the plane of the painting.
  • It gives a sense of continuity with our world.

• Colors.

  • It feels similar to cel animation.
    • Deformation/discretization of colors?
    • The coexistence of parts that are discretized like cel animation and parts with beautiful gradients, there seems to be something special about it.

• It gives a sense of capturing a moment.

  • Well, you could say that about all paintings, but I particularly felt that with Vermeer’s paintings.
  • Maybe it’s the facial expressions.
    • I might be feeling the naturalness of capturing a casual moment.

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  • Since they were displayed at eye level, I was able to take photos that looked like I was turning around in the crowd.

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  • I especially like this one. (blu3mo)
  • Colors, composition.

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  • This one was also good.
  • You can feel the light passing through the blank spaces.

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  • I like this one too.

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  • This one didn’t really resonate with me.
    • I think you would enjoy it more if you had more knowledge of Christian background.
  • However, it was a good experience to reunite with the painting I saw at the National Museum MET Exhibition. (blu3mo) (blu3mo)