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?

圍繞維米爾的新一波傳記與研究著作，本文追問人們為何執著於從這位生平資料極少的畫家身上尋找“隱藏的鑰匙”。作者認為維米爾作品的模糊與留白本身就是意義，而非等待破解的謎題。