Tracy Chevalier: Finding the story inside the painting

Loved this talk!

كلام حقيقي

This 3 rd story…. It’s just… wow

This talk actually provoked in me the idea to go to an art gallery, how about that.

Generally, when I approach an artist and their art, I like the backstory of the artist don't you? Who they are, when they were born, where from, what motivated them, what influenced them. The understanding of them brings their art so much more alive. Were they a good or bad person, were they rich or poor, were they religious, were they high sexualized, mentally ill, a family man, a court painter, portrait, landscape? Did they paint for money, prestige, to make sense of a chaotic world, to impress? Usually after that the painters that we all know and are recognized as the most famous or as the best is because they are just that. The one's that are more famous is because they are better painters more skilled more talented. Same with literature and sports. Unlike music, popularity in the fine arts is decided by adults and not children. Of course adults are more mature, experienced, introspective and discerning. In the fine arts you can paint or you cannot there's not any studio trickery or electronics or collaboration. A painter can be a beautiful well kept person or a fat slob that is imbued with loads of talents and paints hours a day. You'll very rarely see a great artist spending his/her time with a lesser artist to paint other then just as a friend. The student very rarely can show technique to the teacher there are exceptions. Try it next time you go to a museum or gallery, see which artist draws your eye and makes you realize why they are so well known. Look at a Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Caravaggio, Klimt, Munch, Monet, Delacroix you'll see what I mean.

John cusack

I thought it was known that his daughters and servants were his models

I read the book and love it & the painting

It's not a "pearl"...

I loved the book. Feeling touched by the ending, ugh, love how writers play with the feelings

SOmeone suggested it is a exotic setup and the Girl with Pearl Earring model might not be from Europe. The other thing is Vermeer likely was looking for something special in the way she looks at you maybe even a sort of enlightment appearence.

my english teacher sent here.

I love the last story

dude, this is cool

I don’t mean any disrespect but I honestly found this to be quite nonsensical. The line between what the model actually looked like vs the artist’s rendering is often very blurred. It’s really impossible to draw any conclusions about meaning in this context. To me, trying to work out the story behind it actually spoils it. I much prefer the mystery, it’s what makes these paintings special.

That first one was great.

Gosh the last story, I almost cried

I like I love Vermeer! What soft and lovely light he painted. The light was almost always daylight from a window on one side of the painting. Blue and Yellow, the idea of color valance and complementary colors was not introduced until the 18 century, good contrast pattern of balance of blue and yellow, reflection, and illusion!

I'm very sad my teacher is making me watch this for homework

An amazing thought process.

Tracy wants to be thankful she lives in the 21C ; 200 years back the R.A. Used to just hang them on the wall next to each other imagine the confusion ; now the really special or popular paintings are sometimes given a whole room to themselves!!

fair but personally Ive always run (not litterally) around the gallary and tried to find the prettiest girl like the the gay I am

I did the "pass through first to see what I really want to study" method at the Kimball Museum in Forth Worth when they had a show on the impressionists. The kicked me out.

Lire aussi son roman : "La Dame à la Licorne" ..

Bravo for the imagination bit. But only for that bit.
Art has to be felt by the heart. When you can't relate to a painting you just simply can't, no matter what story you tell yourself. Unfortunately I'm one of those who can't feel a thing while looking at the paintings she showed. So to me her stories are just personal fantasies.

the stories that tracy chevalier tells herself are as heavy as his big buttocks. the girl with the pearl is obviously a vermeer daughter, and his wife was certainly not the old accariatre she made.

The last story is gay, right? She doesn’t say it outright, but that’s the subtext?

The Lady and the Unicorn is also a great book by her. The story is based on the tapestries and their making.

It's a girl with an earring...chill

Boring

That's you chosing art depending on your mood

Once upon a time......

the background noise of her dry mouth makes this video unwatchable.

For some reson when she said about what the girl is feeling i suddenly i thought that she was discuss and her face started moving to a discuss face i CANT make her face turn in to a sad or a happy face




WHAT A SKILLED PAINTER

Wow the stage was so small back then

Go it alone...

I have my own story and stopped watching when she was going to sully mine with hers.
The less you know!
lulz

l think she just explaining the whole movie of the girl with a pearl earing

this story for the Girl with the Pearl.Earring was from the book.and the movie adaptation starring Scarlet Johansson.

She copied it all from the movie...

The book was amazing

As for me I can safely say that I went twice to the Van Gogh museum and the last thing I thought was about coffee 😉
His paintings are so great, my number one artist 🔝✌🏽🏆

To be honest, I would only stop at Girl With Pearl darling.

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dont judge me

I ment fortnite

lets play some fortnight instead

art is stupid

u suk