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Friday, December 5, 2014

Look-Alikes



Girl with the Red Hat by Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665/1666

5 comments:

  1. I see what she means, her eyes are larger, her nose smaller. But the intense gaze is much the same.

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  2. Yes, not an exact match, but the length of the face, the coloring... Marz's family is from northern Europe so it's not so surprising she would look like a Vermeer, or related to one. I don't!

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  3. Yes, it's something about the gaze which is such a twin. It's not a penetrating gaze, it's not intense, but it's aware and watchful, open but not assertive, watchful but not too involved, a little bit like deer in the woods who are watching you watching them.

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  4. They are not twins, but very alike. And Marz doesn't usually have her eyes so wide open or her mouth... which would increase the resemblance.

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  5. LAURA: Yes! That's good: Marz watches somewhat like a deer who thinks she is unobserved.

    BINK" "Very alike"---that's it. I wish I could see the Vermeer in action, then we'd see how alike!

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