[11001]

There is so much more to Vermeer's art than just clever use of tools. I like this article much better (it got completely ignored on HN):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7254447

[shadowmint]

To be fair though, the technical excellence of his paintings has always been a subject of considerable interest to people.

That's an article about Vermeer and his art.

This is an article about the technical aspects of his painting.

They're different topics and it's not really surprising to see this one generating more interest; but yes, indeed. There's a lot more to his work than simply the technical means by which he produced them; that's true of any artist (composition, etc).

Also, that site has a really horrid and hard to read layout. The densely packed sans-serif font blocks that academic sites seem to favor are terrible. It's ironic given the attention that typesetting gets for academic papers seemed to get completely ignored once the web comes into it. -__-

[anigbrowl]

It also discusses other tools he used, and other approaches to using those tools by other artists. Well worth a read, thanks for reposting it.

[aw3c2]

I took a look, read the subtitle, the first paragraph, scrolled to the bottom and closed the tab. I would like to at least remotely know what the topic is before reading something this long and dense.

[aw3c2]

Sorry for sharing an honest reaction as to why that article might not have worked on HN...