Girl with a Pearl Earring

         


          <Girl with a Pearl Earring> tells a story about a poor young girl called Griet goes to painter Johannes Vermeer’s house to as a servant. A short conversation between Griet and her father kicks off the movie. Through this scenario we can see that Griet’s father is an artisan who accidentally blinded.  Since grown up in an artisan family, Griet has an unique perception of art even though she hadn’t educated.
           
         Despite having endless domestic work and rudely treating by the hostess and her elderly daughter, Griet still tries her best to help Johannes Vermeer to prepare the painting substances. She prefers to do that, and the painter also trusts her for this task, since he knows her understand what is art. 
         
         Eventually Vermeer wishes to paint Griet, but she was taught not allow men to closely look at her, she feels so guilty. From the portrait, we still can see how reluctant she is at that moment. Because it is painting secretly, and finally be found by the hostess, Griet suffers relentless scold and finally be fired. 
         
         Since this movie is based on a famous artwork, so there are many scenarios relative to painting. One impressive scenario is Griet goes to ask the hostess whether she can clean the windows, since the windows are dirty, and if she cleans that, it will change the studio’s light for painting. Also, from this movie, we can see how the pigments be made in the past and the painter will use an artificial model and projection to make paintings. 
          
         Finally, about the artist Johannes Vermeer, I’ve googled some information about him. He is a Dutch artist (1632-1675). “With Rembrandt and Frans Hals, Vermeer ranks among the most admired of all Dutch artists, but he was much less well known in his own day and remained relatively obscure until the end of the nineteenth century. The main reason for this is that he produced a small number of pictures, perhaps about forty-five (of which thirty-six are known today), primarily for a small circle of patrons in Delft.” (quote by The Metropolitan Museum of Art).