Vermeer and the Hidden Catholicism of his Art

"At the touch of Vermeer's brush, the canvas transforms, so to speak, into a spectral, silver-backed

mirror; into a magical retina... we are elevated from the realm of reality into the paradise of essentiality."

Paul Claudel

 

Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod

Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Greg Daly

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Works mentioned:

(All are paintings by Vermeer unless otherwise stated)

Girl with a Pearl Earring

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt

Belshazzar's Feast by Rembrandt

Saint Praxedis

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

The Procuress

Woman with a Pearl Necklace

Woman Holding a Balance

Woman Reading a Letter

The Astronomer

The Geographer

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid

The Lacemaker

Vermeer by Paul Claudel, Salmagundi Magazine

The Allegory of Faith

How Catholic Art Saved the Faith by Elizabeth Lev

Vermeer's Pregnant Women: On Human Generation and Pictorial Representation by Karin Leonhard

The Allegory of Painting

The Little Street

A Hidden Life Review

 

What We're Enjoying at the Moment:

Greg: Middlemarch by George Eliot

Rachel: The Sleeping Beauty Ballet, The Gentlemen, Uncut Gems, 1917