Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of art's greatest mysteries: how did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Jenison's journey takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and eventually to Buckingham Palace. Jenison embarks on an epic research project that is as extraordinary as what he discovers.
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Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of art's greatest mysteries: how did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Jenison's journey takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and eventually to Buckingham Palace. Jenison embarks on an epic research project that is as extraordinary as what he discovers.
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