Girl with a Pearl Earring
of Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author)
Description
With precisely 35 canvases to his credit, the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer represents one of the great enigmas of 17th-century art. The meager facts of his biography have been gleaned from a handful of legal documents. Yet Vermeer's extraordinary paintings of domestic life, with their subtle play of light and texture, have come to define the Dutch golden age. His portrait of the anonymous Girl with a Pearl Earring has exerted a particular fascination for centuriesâand it is this magnetic painting that lies at the heart of Tracy Chevalier's second novel of the same title.Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistantâand ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 233 pages
- Publisher Plume/Penguin
- Publication Date 10/28/05
- First Publication 10/28/99
- Language English
- ISBN 9780452287020
- Edition Deluxe Edition
- Category Other
- Scenario ['Delft (Netherlands)', 'Netherlands']
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