Finding stories in paintings

You are going to listen to a talk given by the writer Tracy Chevalier, about how she finds stories in paintings. The following sentences with gaps have been created for you to complete them during the first 8 minutes of the video.

You can check the answers in the comment section or see the whole video with subtitles in English.

Hope you enjoy this interesting talk!

After 15 or 20 minutes walking in an art gallery, Tracy Chevalier admits she suffers from _____[1]_____

Instead of paying attention to all the paintings in a gallery, Chevalier stops at those that _____[2]_____ her like a _____[3]_____

A poster of Girl with a pearl earring has been hanging in Chevalier’s house since she was _____[4]_____

Some people have suggested that the girl in the painting is _____[5]_____, 12 years old at the time of the painting

In Dutch painting of the time, painting a woman’s mouth open indicated _____[6]_____

In Vermeer’s paintings, women ususally wore sumptuous materials, like _____[7]_____, silk or _____[8]_____

Catharina’s clothes _____[9]_____ to Vermeer’s models