Vermeer Bibliography

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COSTARAS, Nicola, "A Study of the Materials and Techniques of Johannes Vermeer," in Vermeer Studies, eds. Ivan Gaskell and Michiel Jonker, National Gallery of Art Washington D.C., New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998, 145–167.
FINK, Daniel A.," Vermeer's Use of the Camera Obscura: A Comparative Study." The Art Bulletin 53, 1971.
GIFFORD, Melanie, "Painting Light: Recent Observations on Vermeer's Technique," in Vermeer Studies, New Haven and London, 1998.
GROEN, Karin M.., Inez D. van der Werf, KIaas Jan van den Berg, and Jaap J. Boon, "Scientific Examination of Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'" in Vermeer Studies .eds. Ivan Gaskell and Michiel Jonker, National Gallery of Art Washington D.C., New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998, 169–183.
GROEN, Karin. "Painting Technique in the Seventeenth Century in Holland and the Possible Use of the Camera Obscura by Vermeer."In Inside the Camera Obscura–Optics and Art under the Spell of the Projected Image. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, reprint 333. 2007. 195–210.
HOWARD, Helen, David Peggie and Rachel Billinge, Helen Howard, David Peggie and Rachel Billinge, "Vermeer and Technique." National Gallery website.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique
HOWARD, Helen, David Peggie and Rachel Billinge, Helen Howard, David Peggie and Rachel Billinge, "Vermeer and Technique." National Gallery website. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique

Methods and Technique (Introduction)

Support and ground
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/support-and-ground

Infrared examination
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/infrared-examination

Vermeer's palette
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/vermeers-palette

Binding medium
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/binding-medium

Paint application
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/paint-application

Secrets of the studio
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/secrets-of-the-studi

Time and transformation

Altered appearance of ultramarine
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/altered-appearance-of-ultramarine

Fading of yellow and red lake pigments
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/fading-of-yellow-and-red-lake-pigments

Drying and paint defects
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/drying-and-paint-defects

Formation of lead and zinc soaps
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/formation-of-lead-and-zinc-soaps

Infrared examination
ttps://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/vermeer-and-technique/infrared-examination

JANSON, Jonathan, Looking Over Vermeer's Shoulder: Seventeenth-Century Techniques and Studio Practices with Particular Focus on the Work of Johannes Vermeer (2nd edition), USA, 2020.
JELLEY, Jane. "From Perception to Paint: The Practical Use of the Camera Obscura in the Time of Vermeer," Art and Perception (July, 2013).
JOHNSON, C. Richard Jr., and W. A. Sethares, "Canvas Weave Match Supports Designation of Vermeer's Geographer and Astronomer as a Pendant Pair," JHNA 9:1 (Winter 2017),
DOI: 10.5092/jhna.2017.9.1.17
KÜHN, Herman, "A Study of the Pigments and the Grounds used by Jan Vermeer.," Reports and Studies in the History of Art, National Gallery of Art (Washington, 1968).
MAHON, D., Centeno, S.A., IACONO, M. et al. "Johannes Vermeer’s 'Mistress and Maid': New Discoveries Cast Light on Changes to the Composition and the Discoloration of Some Paint Passages." Heritage Science Journal 8, 30 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-00375-2.
MILLS, A. A. "Vermeer and the camera obscura: some practical considerations." Leonardo 31 (1998): 213–218.
NEIDHART, Uta and GIEBE, Marlies with essays by Albert Blankert, Chrisitne Klose, Johann Koller, Annalise Mayer-Meintsschel et. al., Johannes Vermeer 'Bei der Kupplerin,' exh. cat., Dresden, 2004.
SEYMOUR, C. Jr. "Dark Chamber and Light-Filled Room: Vermeer and the Camera Obscura." Art Bulletin 46, 1(964): 323–331.
SHELDON, Libby. "Johannes Vermeer's 'Young Woman Seated at a Virginal.'" The Burlington Magazine 148 (2006): 89–97.
SHELDON, Libby. "Blue and Yellow Pigments: The Hidden Colours of Light in Cuyp and Vermeer." Art Matters, Netherlands Technical Studies in Art 4 (2007): 97–102.
SHELDON, Libby."The Newest Vermeer: How Technical Research Convinced the Doubting Scholars." The Picture Restorer, no. 41 (Autum 2012): 14–18.
STEADMAN, Phillip, Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth behind the Masterpieces, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
STORK, David G., Christopher W. Tyler, and Sara J. Schechner. “Did Tim Paint a Vermeer?” (Submitted for peer-reviewed publication)
VANDERVERE, Abbie and Abbie Vandivere and Annelies van Loon. "Girl with a Blog." https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/

Who's that Girl? (Introduction to research project)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/1-whos-that-girl/

Preparing for exam ( What will happen in the Golden Room)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/2-preparing-for-the-exam/

Beauty is more than skin deep (Samples / Imaging )
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/3-beauty-is-more-than-skin-deep/

Vermeer illuminated (1994 treatment)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/5-vermeer-illuminated/

Say cheese (Technical photography)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/

A blank canvas (Canvas)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/7-a-blank-canvas/

From the ground up (Ground)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/8-from-the-ground-up/

Watching paint dry (Oil)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/9-watching-paint-dry/

Art supply and demand (Paint, and where materials come from)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/10-art-supply-and-demand/

Seeing red (Vermilion and cochineal )
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/11-seeing-red/

It's all there in black and white (Blacks and lead white )
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/12-its-all-there-in-black-and-white/

Background check (Background )
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/13-background-check/

Up close and personal (Under the microscope)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/14-up-close-and-personal/

Contouring, highlighting and blending (Skin )
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/15-contouring-highlighting-and-blending/

Dressed to impress (Yellow and browns )
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/16-dressed-to-impress/

Out of the blue (Blues)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/17-out-of-the-blue/

Glazed over (Glazes and varnish)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/18-glazed-over/

You’re crackin me up (Cracks)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/19-youre-cracking-me-up/

Wrap-up (Wrap-up)
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/restoration-and-research/girl-with-a-blog/20-wrapup/

VANDERVERE, A., WADUM, J. & LEONHART, E. ."The Girl in the Spotlight: Vermeer at Work, his Materials and Techniques in 'Girl with a Pearl Earring.'" Herit Sci 8, 20 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-0359-6
WADUM Jørgen, "Contours of Vermeer," in Vermeer Studies, eds. Ivan Gaskell and Michiel Jonker, National Gallery of Art Washington D.C., New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998, .201–223.
WADUM Jørgen, Rene Hoppenbrouwers and Luuk Struick van der Loeff, Vermeer illuminated: Conservation, Restoration and Research, a report on the restoration of the "View of Delft" and the "Girl with a Pearl Earring," [Mauritshuis (The Hague: V+K Publishing, Inmerc) 1994. [in French as: Vermeer en plein jour: conservation, restauration et recherche].
WADUM, Jørgen, "Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) and His Use of Perspective," in Preprints Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice. University of Leiden, 26–29 June (1995) 148–154. Malibu.
WADUM, Jørgen & N. Costaras, "Johannes Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' De- & Re-Restored, in Restauration, Dé-Restauration, Re-Restauration. RAAFU (1995): 163–172.
WADUM, Jørgen, "Vermeer in Perspective." In exh. cat. Johannes Vermeer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Royal Cabinet of Pictures Mauritshuis, The Hague (1995–1996) 67–79.
WADUM, Jørgen, "Les audaces techniques de Vermeer." Dossiers de l´Art 27 (1996): 30–41.
WADUM, Jørgen, "Des perspectives curieuses et extraordinaires." Dossiers de l´Art 27, (Paris): 42–49.
WADUM, Jørgen. "Vermeer and the Spatial Illusion." In The World of Learning in the Time of Vermeer (exhibition cat.), Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum (Museum of the Book), The Hague, 31–49.
WADUM, Jørgen., "Vermeer's Use of Perspective, in Historic Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice," Reprints of a Symposium Held at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 26–29 June, 1995, Santa Monica, 1995.
WADUM, Jørgen. "Vermeers zielgerichtete Beobachtungen." In exh. cat. Johannes Vermeer. Der Geograph und der Astronom nach 200 Jahren wieder vereint. Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Franckfurt am Main (1997) 31–38.
WADUM, Jørgen. "Contours of Vermeer." In Vermeer Studies, 55. Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Symposium Papers XXXIII, eds. I. Gaskel and M. Jonker. Washington/New Haven (1998): 201–223.
WALD, Robert. "'The Art of Painting': Observations on Approach and Techncique." In Vermeer: Die Malkunst, eds. Sabine Haag, Elke Oberthaler and Sabine Pénot, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: Residenz, 2010. 193–313.
WHEELOCK, Arthur K., Jr., Vermeer and the Art of Painting, New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1995.
WHEELOCK, Arthur K., Jr. et al., Johannes Vermeer, exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington and Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, (Washington and the Hague) 1995.

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