Travels in Vermeer : a memoir
(Book)

"A Karen & Michael Braziller book."

Includes bibliographical references.

In the midst of a divorce (in which the custody of his young daughter is at stake) and over the course of a year, the poet Michael White, travels to Amsterdam, The Hague, Delft, London, Washington, and New York to view the paintings of Johannes Vermeer, an artist obsessed with romance and the inner life. He is astounded by how consoling it is to look closely at Vermeers women, at the artists relationship to his subjects, and at how composition reflects back to the viewer such deep feeling. Includes the authors very personal study of Vermeer. Through these travels and his encounters with Vermeers radiant vision, White finds grace and personal transformation.