The Milkmaid is a painting painted by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. We don’t know so much about Johannes Vermeer life. He was married with Catherina Bolnes and he had eleven children. This artist is one of the most important painters of the Baroque period in the Law Countries.
The painting was made between 1660 and 1661, approximately, in the city of Delft where Johannes Vermeer lived.
The painting is very small about 45,4 x 41 cm like the most of the works of Johannes, the materials that he used are oil painting over canvas. At present the painting is in the Rijskmuseum in Amsterdam.
The milkmaid
Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer#mediaviewer/File:Jan_Vermeer_van_Delft_021.jpg
The painting has very reduced dimensions probably he used very small brushes and also lens to see better. In the painting we can distinguish three parts:
-The woman, a servant that is pouring milk in a container.
-The still life that formed by of the different elements over the table and in the wall.
-The corner when the action is developed.
One of the most representatives elements of the paintings of Vermeer's is the use of light. In this case the light comes from the window.
The theme of the painting is a domestic theme (in Protestant countries the themes of the paintings were more private because the works of art were commisioned by the bourgeois). In this painting the use of light and colour and the movement predominate.
The Milkmaid is a one of the most important paintings of the 17th century and has been appreciated by the best painters of 17th century. Another famous painting by Vermeer is the Girl with the pearl earring which is considered Vermeer's masterpiece.
Sources:
http://educacion.ufm.edu/jan-vermeer-la-lechera-oleo-sobre-tela-1660/
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_lechera
http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/v2/obras/3060.htm
2 comments:
Hello again,
As I said in my previous correction, you can’t change the size or style of the font. These are my corrections and comments. The name of the works of art has to be written in Italic font. Erase the words in brackets.
- The Milkmaid is a painting painted by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
-...and he had eleven childrenn. This artist is one of the most important painters of the Baroque period in the Low Countries.4 x 41 cm like (the) most of the works of Johannes, the materials that he used are oil painting over canvas.
-The still life that is formed by of the different elements over the table and on the wall.
- One of the most representativee elements of Vermeer’s paintings is the use of light.
-...in Protestant countries the themes of the paintings were more private because the works of art were commissioned by the bourgeois). In this painting the use of light and colour and the movement predominate.
- The Milkmaid is a one of the
-... Another famous painting by Vermeer is the Girl with the pearl earring, which is considered Vermeer’s masterpiece.
Sources, instead of Bibliography
As for the content, you could have done a more detailed description, including the colours used (which are the Netherlands’ colours).This is the favourite painting of the inhabitants of the Netherlands.
You could have connected Vermeer's paintings with Jan Van Eyck's painting The Arnolfini Marriage
Your mark is 8.5. Bye!
The names of the paintings have to be in Italic font.
The Milkmaid is (a) one of the
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