Why is Vermeers Girl with the Pearl Earring considered a masterpiece James Earle

View full lesson: Is she turning towards you or away from you No one can agree. Shes the subject of Dutch Master Johannes Vermeers Girl with the Pearl Earring, a painting often referred to as the Mona Lisa of the North. But what makes this painting so captivating James Earle explains how this work represents the birth of a modern perspective on economics, politics, and love. Lesson by James Earle, animation by Tess Martin.