Scientists have discovered the strange reason why 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' is so captivating, and it could explain the appeal of other great works of art like the Mona Lisa.

Scientists have discovered the strange reason why 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' is so captivating, and it could explain the appeal of other great works of art like the Mona Lisa.

“St Anne’s well is The Girl With The Pearl Earing as there has been analysis of the pigments used and the lead oxide for the white came from the Peak District which is marvellous.

When you stand in front of Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With The Pearl Earring,” something extraordinary happens in your brain. The 17th-century Dutch painting has long mesmerized viewers, but ...

A climate activist glued his head to glass covering the world-famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting at a museum in The Hague on Thursday, though the artwork was not damaged, gallery staff said.

Researchers call this phenomenon a “sustained attentional loop”—and the study’s volunteers were caught in it, viewing Girl With a Pearl Earring for longer than any of the other works.

It is reproduced in everything from posters and films to tea caddies. Yet for years, art experts have wondered what makes Dutch master Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665 ...

Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With The Pearl Earring" is one of the world's most popular paintings -- and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed.