Johannes Vermeer - GalleyCat http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry Copyright 2013 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:48:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 How Art Can Inspire Fiction

Historical fiction writer Tracy Chevalier gave a TED Talk called “Finding the Story Inside the Painting,” exploring three paintings that inspired her writing.

We’ve embedded the video above–what paintings have influenced your writing?

While writing Girl with the Pearl Earring, Chevalier looked at Johannes Vermeer‘s painting and asked these questions : 1. Does the model love the artist? 2. What type of relationship does the model share with the artist? 3. How was the girl chosen to model in the artist’s studio? 4. Considering her plain clothes, how was the model able to attain the pearl earrings she wears? 5. How does the girl’s love for the artist affect the other characters involved?

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]]> Maryann Yin http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/tracy-chevalier-gives-ted-talk-on-using-art-as-her-writing-muse_b54999#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/tracy-chevalier-gives-ted-talk-on-using-art-as-her-writing-muse_b54999 http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/?p=54999 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:42:59 +0000