<p>‘By repeatedly pausing to note “the subtle tension” Vermeer maintains between the descriptive character of his work and its formal qualities, Georgievska-Shine also seeks to account, however partially, for our own lover-like absorption in the paintings. What keeps us looking, she implies, is what keeps us unsettled – caught between our surrender to illusion and our consciousness of the art that makes that illusion possible.’ - Ruth Bernard Yeazell, <em>New York Review of Books</em></p>

<p>'This meditative and beautifully-illustrated volume examines the truth behind the sentiment, offering up love – earthly, divine, and metaphysical – as a potent conceptual framework for unpacking Vermeer’s stylistic and iconographic preoccupations. {...} a highly cogent, pleasurable look at Vermeer through loving eyes.' – Elizbeth Berry Drago, <em>HNAR</em></p>