| Description |
215 pages : illustrations (some color), ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
"Still life" : some theoretical background -- Illusionism as an artistic principle of early sttill lifes -- Disguised symbolism -- Still lifes as documents of the history of civilizations and mentalities -- Economic conditions -- Market scenes -- Paintings of butcher's shops -- Allegories of fertility -- Kitchen scenes -- Bodegones -- Game -- Depictions of the five senses -- Vanitas -- Desert & confectionery -- Ontbijtjes : laid tables -- Monochrome banketjes : Pieter Claesz & Willem Claesz. Heda, Abraham van Beijeren Willem Kalf -- Fruit baskets -- Flower : tulipomania -- Religious still lifes of flowers & fruit -- Museums, wonder chambers & natural history collections -- Musical instruments -- Weapons -- Books -- Forest |
| Summary |
"How do the objects in a still life reflect the habits, thoughts and aspirations of the time? This is one of the questions which Norbert Schneider asks in this book. The period between the late Middle Ages and the 17th century was without doubt the heyday of the still life. It is an art form which gives us valuable insights into changes of mentality and philosophy as well as people's notions of death. Still lifes chart the history of scientific discoveries and their acceptance as well as the gradual replacement of the mediaeval concepts of the world."--Front cover flap |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographic references |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page215 |
| Subject |
Still-life painting, European.
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Still-life painting -- History.
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Still-life painting -- Europe -- 16th century.
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Still-life painting -- 16th century.
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Still-life painting -- Europe -- 17th century.
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Still-life painting -- 17th century.
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| ISBN |
3822802964 |
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