Anything with Andrew Graham-Dixon is essential viewing for me.  Thank you very much.

It’s an incredible book. I’m about half way through, and the depth and breadth of his research is astonishing. Highly recommended! You will never see Vermeer’s paintings the same way again, but will be utterly enriched by this scholarship.

Having now read the book I'm allowing myself to comment again. The book is based on a vast amount of research, by A G-D and his predecessors, and also on very imaginative conjecture. Reading the horrific account of the violent times in which Vermeer lived, and then going on to considering his work, I start to understand more of its implications. Vermeer, by the end of the book, is no less a mystery than he's always been. A very private man, who seems to have deliberately left hardly a trace. Perhaps he always craved privacy and peace, and found them in the religion of his neighbours. Anyone who reads this book will find the greatest paintings even better than they knew.

That house exterior has always been my favourite Vermeer!

Riveted from start to finish. The research Andrew has put into this makes it essential reading

This interview totally held my attention from beginning to end and brought the work of Vermeer and the religious culture at the time to life.

Love everything about Andrew Graham Dixon! 🥰

Andrew Graham-Dixon, a critic lost, then found - thank you Andrew ..... you cannot keep a good man down forever.

What an interview to wake up to!  I've always admired Andrew Graham-Dixon as a man who conveys enthusiasm without any hint of self-regard. This is unusual among commentators on art. The book is obviously essential reading (and I thought I had all the books on Vermeer I needed). The new interpretation of Vermeer explains a lot about the power of the work without diminishing it. I could go on; but the author says it all. Thanks to everyone involved in this programme.

Wish he was back on tv

amazing discussion

Absolutely taken and motivated by this sincere, responsible and careful look at history, religion and art.  I’ve been a fan of Andrew Graham Dixon for years but this may be his best work yet. He has brought a 17th century painter’s work into the 21st. Interesting how the themes in Vermeer’s paintings are so relevant to us as christians and human beings living today. Thank you!

What a journey of discovery and so relevant for our times. I can't wait to read the book. Thank you Andrew Graham- Dixon for your pearls of wisdom and discovery.

Right.  That book is all I'm buying for everyone for Christmas!! Who couldn't just love it?

The best thing I’ve ever found on YouTube.

This excites me....I recently found some old Time/Life books profiling influential artists through the ages. One was about Albrecht Durer, which I read first, and found very interesting. These books start with a mini history lesson on the times leading up to his birth and gave you a picture of the world he was coming into. Then early life followed by contemporaries outside influences on the local scene (mostly Italian), then analysis of his works and technique.

I found Vermeer especially fascinating because of the birth of both Belgium and Holland and the results of the 80 years war as well as the rise in Protestantism and Calvinism, which gave birth to the Dutch Golden Age, where every aspect of the fledgling country was flourishing, especially the paintings and the genesis of Genre Paintings.

From the book, I was under the impression, that there was very little documentation of his life. It turns out the piece of his I find most compelling was "An Artist in His Studio" which at one time was acquired by Hitler who planned to put it in a museum named in honor of his mother after his victory.

There is something special about the Dutch Republik - Andrew G. Dixon and Jonathan Israel are on a wonderfull trail

What an awesome interview.  I will definitely be purchasing this  Book.  TY for this podcast.  So enjoyed this but anything by Andrew is always first class.

Wonderful interview and talk...one of my favourite artists of my life thus far.
Very interesting academic, this man is. Thanks so much for your research and information.

Mind Boggling Stuff Thanks!