There are quite a lot paintings to chose among but I really like this one the most. The Astronomer and The Geographer are my favorite paintings. In my opinion these two paintings are full of possibilities, mostly The Astronomer. I don’t know why exactly but this picture is the one that tells me more.
I think that it is mostly because we are 100% free to imagine, write and tell the story that we like the most. We can change this character and his trade into whatever we want, we can imagine and make the character face any kind of situation. I can just see the painting and tell the story that it transmits me. The funny thing about this project is that a couple of us might chose the same painting and still tell a completely different story.
To sum up, as I said before I am going to work with the painting of The Astronomer. Since one of Vemeer’s habit was to sign the painting under the name of what one could see in the picture, my choice is clearly an astronomer working on his office. He is sitting in front of a book and a globe.
Bibliography:
- The Geographer : Web Gallery of Art Retrieved 16:24 , April 7, 2010 from http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/v/vermeer/03d/29geogr.html
- The Astronomer : Essential Vermeer Retrieved 16:31 , April 7 , 2010 from http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/astronomer.html
