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<title>Vermeer Goals</title>
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<h1><a href="index.html">Vermeer Goals</a></h1>
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<li><a href="about.html"><b>About</b></a></li>
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<h2>About</h2>
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<p>I'm always searching for BBC history documentaries on YouTube and one day in 2015 I landed on one by Adrew Gahram Dixon on Vermeer in his series <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-xGKQVrBdA" target="_blank"><em>The Secret Lives of Artists</em></a>. I was drawn to Vermeer's story and it was my first real exposure to much of his work.</p>
<p>I really like the calm and the architectural quality of his work. I watched and read more on him and as I was going to Amsterdam a month or so later I decided I'd surely visit the <a href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl" target="_blank">Rijksmuseum</a> and see some of Vermeers work first-hand.</p>
<p>Seeing them first hand really sealed the deal for me. I loved going to a museum on my own, having a reason to push all the other work aside and sit and think about an artist and a few paintings.</p>
<p>Because his known work is so limited it's very possible to see all of the (known) Vermeers—and I decided that I would. The details about each of my successive visits to see his work can be found on the <a href="visits.html">visits page</a>.</p>
<p>I'm lucky in that my work and life allows me to travel and within a year I have seen two thirds of his work. My progress on the <a href="stats.html">stats page</a>.</p>
<p>Finally, much of my visits and information has been fueled by the detailed-beyond-belief site <a href="" target="_blank">Essential Vermeer</a>. I've read and enjoyed the following books:
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vermeer-Art-Ideas-Wayne-Franits/dp/0714868795/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1463590068&sr=8-14&keywords=vermeer" target="_blank"><em>Vermeer (Art and Ideas)</em></a> by Wayne Franits</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9040090734?ie=UTF8&tag=theessnetialv-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=9040090734" target="_blank"><em>Vermeer at Mauritshuis</em></a> by Epco Runia (for Mauritshuis)</li>
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<h3>Site</h3>
<p>I'm a web developer by day and enjoy making sites—how fun it is to build a simple site! The site's <a href="">repository</a> is on GitHub, of course.</p>
<h3>Me</h3>
<p>I'm Jessica Lord.</p>
<p><b>Personal site—</b><a href="http://jlord.us" target="_blank">jlord.us</a></p>
<p><b>Twitter—</b><a href="https://twitter.com/jllord" target="_blank">@jllord</a></p>
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