Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence

Synopsis: Looks at the social, political and scientific context in which Jan Vermeer lived and worked and explains his techniques and his exploratory process of pictorial composition. Academics including Dr Jonathan Miller and Svetlana Alpers discuss the meaning of Vermeer’s settings and subjects, and the formal simplicity and intensity of feeling behind the paintings.
Series: South Bank Show, The: Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Year of production: 1996
Notes: Broadcast on ITV on 19/5/96.
Subjects: Art
Keywords: art - Dutch; Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675)

Director

Michael Gill

Producer

Michael Gill

Contributor

Jonathan Miller; Svetlana Alpers

Cast

Melvyn Bragg

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