Summer Reading Reaction

In summer, I read "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier.

When I read the short summary of this book, it seemed interesting I wanted to know the ending of it.
I was also attracted by the painting on the front cover of the book.

A 16-year-old girl Griet, whose father has been a tile painter, works as a maid in the Vermeer family. The master Johannes Vermeer is a painter, and has a wife Catharina and many children. They hava another maid Tanneke. At first, Griet's task is to clean Vermeer's studio and what an ordinary maid does such as cooking, cleaning, and washing. She comes to know Pieter, the son of the meat stall. Griet has a talent for colors, so she gradually becomes Vermeer's assistant.
Two years after Griet comes to his house, van Ruijven, Vermeer's patron, wants Vermeer to paint Griet, so he decides to paint her. She is painted secretly waring Catharina's pearl earrings, however, Catharina comes to know about it and gets really angry. Therefore, Griet decides to leave Vermeer's house and marries with Pieter the son.
When a decade has passed, Vermeer dies and gives Griet his wife Catharina's earrings. She changes them into money and keeps the story secret to her family.

My favorite parts of this novel are Griet shows her talent in colors again and again. For example, when she cuts vegetables to make soup, she lais them out in a circle so that the colors do not fight with each other. Another example is that she moves the blue tablecloth by her own judgment so that the Vermeer's painting becomes better. These parts emphasize that Griet is a special girl. I am also particular about colors. Therefore, I especially love these parts.
After I finished reading this novel, I realized the strong power which one painting has. I did not understand exactly what being painted in a picture really meant and how great thing it was. However, I was surprised that even one painting could help creating a novel. I want to go to musium to see paintings thinking of the hiddrn story about each of them.