Historical Fiction Project: Girl With A Pearl Earring
In the book Girl With A Pearl Earring the time is somewhere around the 17th century in Holland. The story suggests it was during an early time, women wore gowns as they cleaned which is unusual today. They also scrubbed floors which we really don’t do today considering we have mops, they also washed clothes by hand on washboards. Also in the book artists used paint brushes made of fine hay or fine fibers, which now brushes are made out of animal hair, nylon, and polyester. In the book Vermeer used wooden paint pallets which are still around yet now they’re made out of plastic instead of wood. In the book Vermeer needed Griet to stay still and sit for hours as he painted her “He stepped up
