| Description |
192 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Xenia -- Rhopography -- Abundance -- Still life and 'feminine' space |
| Summary |
Norman Bryson analyzes the origins, history and logic of still life, one of the most enduring forms of Western painting. The first essay is devoted to Roman wall-painting while in the second the author surveys a major segment in the history of still life, from seventeenth-century Spanish painting to Cubism. The third essay tackles the controversial field of seventeenth-century Dutch still life. Bryson concludes in the final essay that the persisting tendency to downgrade the genre of still life is profoundly rooted in the historical oppression of women |
| Notes |
Originally published in Great Britain: London : Reaktion Books, 1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) |
| Subject |
Still-life painting.
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| LC no. |
89024711 |
| ISBN |
0674539052 |
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0674539060 |
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9780674539051 |
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9780674539068 |
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