Abstract
In Johannes Vermeer's interiors, we feel a realistic space by lifelike depiction. Besides his interiors have characteristic tense composition. In this research, I studied the quality of Vermeer's pictorial space, analyzing the relations between the composition of painting and the perspective in his three works. The room in these works is closed space which has clear relations of situations by one point perspective. Vanishing point overlaps the figures's eyes which are main theme in the composition of painting. Therefore, the centripetal picture with a clear perspective makes three-dimentional composition in the room's space, keeping the relation of the direction of eyes between a person looking at the picture and the pictorial figures. Moreover, the depiction of rays mends unnatural point of the perspective at the same time, and emphasizes the center of each theme in the composition more. So, the effect by correct perspective and the aim of the composition of painting are united. The perspective in the Vermeer's pictures are utilized effectively, for the purpose of setting clear relations of situations of motives arranges in the room, having relations between the eyes of a person looking at the picture and the composition of painting, and making tensioned pictorial space.
