简介：Vermeer,BeyondTimeexploresthelifeandworkofoneofthemostloved,influential,andwell-knownartists,JohannesVermeer.Imagesfromhispaintingshavebecomepartofourcollectiveimaginationandareinstantlyrecognizable. Inthisnewfeaturedocumentary,FrenchfilmmakerJean-PierreCottetadoptsanimaginativeandsensitiveapproachtohissubject,focusingonnotonlyhiswork,butalsohisfamilylife;includinghisconversiontoCatholicism,hisartisticcontemporaries,andthewiderworldoftheshortlivedDutchGoldenAgeofthe17thCentury. In1675,overwhelmedbypoverty,physicallyweakened,andhumiliated,Vermeerdiesattheageof45.Soonafterwards,hispaintingsaresoldtocoverhisdebts,andVermeerdisappearsfrommemory.Hisrediscoverysome200yearslaterhasseenhispopularitysoar,claimingbothourheartsandouradmiration.…