What are the main contents and characteristics of Vermeer's paintings?

Vermeer's art has extremely distinctive personal characteristics. He is a poet who expresses a quiet life and a master who describes the changes of light and shadow. He does not emphasize the dramatic effect of light and shade, but weakens its contrast intensity to create subtle changes and a sense of space of light and shadow, thus achieving the purpose of lyricism. His works mainly focus on citizens and housewives, describing their daily life and full of life interest. But he was different from the prevailing Dutch genre painting at that time. He does not intend to be fascinating in the plot, but focuses on exploring poetry through life scenes, which is quite touching with his simple and sincere lyric style.