title: Painting, poetry and optics: Johannes Vermeer.
abstract: The painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-75) worked in the town of Delft in the Dutch Republic. This article focuses on associations between his painting method and the expertise in optics available in Delft at the time. His art represents an extraordinary combination of technical prowess and poetic expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom. mhd1b@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: Marek H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Dominiczak
mesh_terms: D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049670:History, 17th Century; D009426:Netherlands; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000266:history*