Vermeer study his work on an interactive site
 

I have been following the work of Jonathan Janson who has been studying the works of Vermeer, when I came across this interactive site The Essential Vermeer
You can study individual paintings with an interactive analysis, which is very informative.

Woman holding a balance

William Paxton took inspiration from the luminous effects and intimate settings of the seventeenth- century Dutch master Jan Vermeer. In 1913, Paxton assisted artist/critic Philip Hale in editing the first American book on Vermeer.
http://www.butlerart.com/pc_book/pag...axton_1869.htm

http://www.nga.gov/feature/vermeer/symbols1.shtm

Your turn:
http://www.online-literature.com/for...=23675&page=22

"It was a very hard choice, but the winner is.....

TheFifthElement for the beautifully composed entry below. Congratulations, Fifth, and have fun picking the next image.


Quote:
Pour-trait

He sees curves,
the roundness of shoulders,
soft arms muscle-bulged,
lips arched, complicit.
Captures it
with one deft stroke;
the brush goes where hands won