Vermeer's Riddle Revealed: The Sphinx, the Jester, and the Grail Geometry: Robert A. diCurcio's Analysis of Vermeer's Pictorial Compositions - Softcover

DiCurcio, Robert A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0917358139 ISBN 13: 9780917358135

Publisher: Aeternium Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

The author/illustrator, Robert A. diCurcio, believes that he is the first to demonstrate conclusively that the Dutch Master painter Johannes Reynierzoon Vermeer (1632-1675) used an esoteric geometry to compose his masterpiece paintings. The author presents eight of Vermeer's paintings, downloaded in black-and-white from the internet, on which he has drawn lines and geometric figures, connecting the salient features of these paintings. The author has also provided untouched illustrations of the same paintings on which the skeptical reader can verify the analysis.

This book is in two volumnes:
VOLUME 1 -- The TEXT - 102 pages.
VOLUME 2 -- The ILLUSTRATIONS - 46 pages.

About this title

From the Author

I believe I have made the case that J. Vermeer, the Sphinx of Delft, Holland, was a geometer and a jester. He used geometry to compose many of his paintings, and -- for fun -- hid all kinds of faces and animals in the drapery and shadows of his images.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aeternium Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0917358139
• ISBN 13: 9780917358135
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 148