The magic of things  -  Jochen Sander (edit.)

still-life painting 1500-1800

KORTE INHOUD

There seems to be an endless number of deceptively real objects depicted in still lifes: dewdrops on fragile flower petals, reflections of light on glass goblets and precious silver dishes, candied sweets in Chinese porcelain, the fine hairs on a peach, the soft feathers of a songbird, the sallow tinge to a skull. However, the details of this genre are not exhausted in the delicate rendering of varying surfaces, because each pictorial element can also symbolize religious or moral content or be a reference t...
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2008 Uitgever: Hatje Cantz Verlag 366 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte:  310x250 ISBN-10: 3775722076 ISBN-13: 9783775722070