A Curious Finding: Botero’s Painting “Vermeer’s Studio”
I was doing some research on the Internet last month when I came across a very curious painting: Fernando Botero’s Vermeer’s Studio, which is clearly influenced by the Master of […]
Author Archives: Esti Vivanco
Poem on “Woman Holding a Balance”
Between light and dark, between this world and the next, between maidenhood and motherhood she pauses, held in balance like the balance she holds. Her focus not the gold or […]
The Depiction of the Last Judgment Scene in the Arts
In Christian theology, the Last Judgment or the Final Judgment is the last and eternal judgment of every nation by God. The scene is found in all the gospels, and […]
The Importance of Money in the 17th century Dutch Society
As an additional article to my review on the picture “Woman Holding a Balance”, I thought it would be helpful to write something about the value of money in the […]
Johannes Vermeer’s “Woman Holding a Balance”: a General Review
I decided to choose Woman Holding a Balance because it is probably one of Vermeer’s most harmonious and peaceful paintings, and because it conceals many curiosities, secrets and symbols. The […]
