If all of the above makes Girl with a Pearl Earring sound unappealing, then it shouldn't. Like Lost in Translation, the other film currently featuring the prodigious Scarlett Johansson ...

The Girl with a Pearl Earring is arguably one of the most enigmatic and well-known paintings in history, with the subject leaving historians scratching their heads. Much about Johannes Vermeer's ...

You have to love her whether you want to or not.' 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' was painted by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in ...

A centuries-old mystery surrounds Vermeer's painting, The Girl with a Pearl Earring. A fresh scientific perspective may now reveal what makes it so captivating. Neuroscientists have measured the brain ...

Mauritshuis museum Johannes Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring has been on display at the Mauritshuis museum in the Hague since 1902. While many lucky art lovers have examined it in person ...

Johannes Vermeer's Girl With The Pearl Earring is one of the world's most popular paintings - and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed.

Griet comes to Vermeer's home as an illiterate servant but her duties take her to the Master's studio. Here she shows an instinctive affinity with the artistic process. (2003) Watch all your favourite ...

Tracy Chevalier's much-loved novel about the unknown model in Vermeer's famous painting, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Starring Khalid Abdalla, Hattie Morahan and Tom Goodman-Hill.

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They discovered that the real paintings, which included The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, had much more emotional impact in findings described as “important and relevant for ...