Writer Karen Joy Fowler knows that a book can be transformative and ... each chapter fictionalises the story behind a painting of a girl reading. Se explores the symbolism of a girl reading ...

A French artist has used 600 litres of biodegradable paint to create a 6,000 square metre piece of art depicting a young girl reading a book. The giant land art painting by Saype, entitled 'A ...

Johannes Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window was ... either in a frame or as a framed fresco within the painting. At the time, it was thought that Vermeer had overpainted the ...

Scholars have speculated that both pictures are based on a real-life painting owned by the artist. A 1676 inventory of his widow’s possessions mentions “a Cupid.” Girl Reading a Letter will ...