![]() ![]() Those who admired Chevalier's atmospheric evocation of 17th-century Delft will find much to enjoy in her vivid reconstruction of late 18th-century London. In both novels, Chevalier is preoccupied primarily with the loss of childish innocence and with the role of great art in that process. In Burning Bright the youthful eyes are those of Jem and Maisie Kellaway, new to London from Dorsetshire, and Maggie Butterfield, a streetwise Lambeth girl of the same age. Girl with a Pearl Earring is written from the perspective of Griet, a maidservant who sits as model for the portrait. It is not difficult to understand his appeal to the historical novelist.Īs in her earlier novel, Chevalier has chosen to focus not on the artist himself but upon those who observe and admire him. ![]() Blake was a religious visionary and mystic, a supporter of free love and an outspoken critic of the political reaction in England to the French revolution, and his views were regarded, during his lifetime, as at best eccentric and by many as downright treasonable. ![]() Like Vermeer, Blake struggled to make a living, and it was only after his death that the extent of his talents was fully appreciated. ![]()
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