Painting with Light: Vermeer’s Interior Scenes
The monthly ArtSmart Roundtable brings together some of the best art-focused travel blogs to post on a common theme. This month we picked an abstract topic – Light. Check out all the creative stories below!
I timed my last international trip perfectly. My entire 12 hour lay-over in Amsterdam would be devoted to seeing the newly renovated Rijksmuseum. It was definitely worth powering through the jet-lag to visit this incredible collection in its elegant new galleries!
Johannes Vermeer, “Woman Reading a Letter”, 1664, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
While looking at the Dutch masterpieces in the main gallery including Vermeer’s Woman Reading a Letter, Mr. Tourist asked innocently, “So why are Vermeer’s paintings so famous?”
Without even hesitating I answered, “It’s how he painted light.”
Daydream Tourist 