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TRACY CHEVALIER/GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
How do you find a story in a painting?
http://www.ted.com/talks/tracy chevalier finding the story inside the painting
(interactive painting)
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/girl_with_a_pearl_earring.html#.U1Ftqles8Sk
Tracy Chevalier.com
http://www.tchevalier.com/gwape/http://www.tchevalier.com/gwape/
Extract from the novel :
"Lick your lips, Griet."
I licked my lips.
"Leave your mouth open."
I was so surprised by this request that my mouth remained open of its own will. I blinked back tears. Virtuous women did not open their mouths in paintings.Girl With a Pearl Earring