Vermeer’s Vanishing Act

Why is it that so many smart, inquisitive writers, smitten by the elusiveness of Vermeer’s pictures, should work so hard to wrestle that elusiveness into submission?

围绕维米尔的新一波传记与研究著作，本文追问人们为何执着于从这位生平资料极少的画家身上寻找“隐藏的钥匙”。作者认为维米尔作品的模糊与留白本身就是意义，而非等待破解的谜题。