The nineteenth century title of the work applies primarily to the girl at the right of the filed who is bent over the writing woman's shoulder, peering at the letter as it takes shape. Whatever the full intentions of this woman are, she is certainly Continue Reading...
Metropolitan Museum of Arts: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632 -- 1675 Delft)
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher (1662)
History of the Painting
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) notes that this was the first Vermeer painting to enter an America Continue Reading...
The codes appeared on the screen and were read by trained typographers. In 1970, the Merganthaler Linotype VIP became the first phototypesetter to incorporate a minicomputer with programmable software that could be used to process raw text within th Continue Reading...