Jonathan Janson is an American painter and
independent art historian who has lived and worked for more than thirty years in
Rome, Italy. He specializes in fine-realist interiors in the manner of Vermeer
and contemporary urban landscapes. His life-long passion for Vermeer has brought
him into daily contact with Dutch art historians and Vermeer specialists through
his revolutionary website dedicated to the life, work and technique of Johannes
Vermeer. Essential Vermeer now constitutes the most extensively
researched website dedicated to a single painter containing hundreds of web
pages, thousands of images, a complete interactive catalogue of the Delft
Master’s oeuvre as well as scores of audio files of Dutch pronunciation and
period music and even a Vermeer newsletter which keeps subscribers thoroughly
updated on Vermeer-related exhibitions, publications and multi-media events. He
is also the author and webmaster of Girl with a Pearl Earring: An In-depth
Study which explores every facet of Vermeer’s masterwork and maintains a
site of his own painting as well. He has recently published How to Paint Your
Own Vermeer: Recapturing Materials and Methods of a Seventeenth-Century Master.
publications:
How to Paint Your Own Vermeer: Recapturing Materials and Methods of a
Seventeenth-Century Master.
http://www.lulu.com/content/388584
websites links:
Essential
Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring: An
In-depth Study
Jonathan Janson: Oils and Watercolors
contact:
jonathanjanson@essentialvermeer.com
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Print: $24.96 Who would have not wanted to look over Johannes Vermeer's shoulder while he was painting? HOW TO PAINT YOUR OWN VERMEER is a straightforward, practical guide on how to reproduce Vermeer's painting procedures for today's practicing painter. In the first section, each passage of Vermeer's method is thoroughly explained and framed in its historical context so that the reader will grasp the correct materials and procedures as well as the rationale behind artistic and technical concepts of Dutch 17th-century painting. Grounding, underpainting, working-up, glazing, mediums, palette, brushes and mediums are just a few of the topics explored along with valuable insights into the stylistic components which make a Vermeer a Vermeer. HOW TO PAINT YOUR OWN VERMEER can be read by anyone who wishes to explore the mysterious between technique and artistic expression.
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Download: $10.00 The COMPLETE INTERACTIVE VERMEER CATALOGUE allows both enthusiastic new-comers and seasoned art historians to explore the sublime masterpieces of Johannes Vermeer as never before. Through an innovative system of image mapping, theme boxes and the familiar internet browser navigational format, information can be effortlessly accessed according to your individual interests. By simply rolling your computer’s mouse over the details of state-of-the-art digital images of each painting or clicking on the alternative theme titles, elegant slide-in boxes will instantaneously satisfy your curiosity and stimulate further exploration of all 37 paintings. The textual and visual material, drawn from a broad array up-to-date and authoritative resources, has been carefully condensed to convey a captivating yet historically accurate picture of the life and art the greatest artist of the Golden Age of Dutch art. Learning about Vermeer and the art of his times has never been so rewarding or so incredibly easy.
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Disc: $14.99 Following the methods and materials minutely described in Jonathan Janson’s book, HOW TO PAINT YOUR OWN VERMEER, this CD presents over 180 high-quality digital images in sequential order which trace a hypothetical Vermeer as it progresses step-by-step from the stretching of the canvas to the final touches. With the easy-to-use browser format the fundamental phases are outlined and each progressive image is commented.
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Print: $24.99 Download: $15.00 An intimate view of a seventeenth-century Dutch painting Master.
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