Author: Frank LewisPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A Dictionary of Dutch & Flemish Flower, Fruit, and Still Life Painters, 15th to 19th Century
Author: Frank Lewis16th- and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts
Author: Museum of Fine Arts (Springfield, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of CongressLibrary of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters Working in Oils, 1525-1725
Author: Adriaan van der WilligenPublisher:
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Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"The still life is one of the best-loved subjects in painting. For hundred years it has been depicted by great and minor masters. The genre reached its climax in the Dutch Golden Age. This handy dictionary provides information on painters of still life in oils, active between 1525 and 1725 and considered as Dutch/Flemish school. 'Still lifes' are arrangements of flowers, fruit, fish, barn, plants, game, vanitas symbols, trompe l'oeil etcetera." --Back cover.
Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Catalogue of the Harvard University Fine Arts Library, The Fogg Art Museum
Author: Harvard University. Fine Arts LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Still-life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720
Author: Alan ChongPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This stunning book presents the very best still lifes produced in the Netherlands at the height of the genre, from the early beginnings in the 16th century, with Pieter Aertsen and Joachim Beuckelaer, to the late highlights in the 18th century, with Rachel Ruysch and Jan van Huysum. Despite the popularity and abundance of flower paintings in modern collections, the book includes a wide range of subjects and styles, from the simple to the complex, the charmingly small to the opulent and extravagant, and from flowers to hunting still lifes or objects in the corner of a painter's studio, along with an occasional trompe l'oeil. The visual delights of still-life painting have a strong historical context. Collectors and connoisseurs purchased them because of their realism, visual appeal, and relevance to their own lives. Poets praised the wonders of still-life paintings and evoked the power of painting to transcend the seasons and the passing of time. Contemporary observers lauded the expensive and elaborate objects often on display. The book therefore considers the visual achievement of the Netherlandish still life painters in the context of contemporary reactions to pictures, art theory, and issues of patronage. Numerous artists were tempted to try their hand at still life, drawn by a new and enchanting genre that allowed an artist to create independent worlds of inanimate objects on the flat surface of a picture -- imaginary realms that had an exceptional following among connoisseurs of the time. These images continue to work their magic on present-day art lovers.
Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works
Author: Robert B. SlocumPublisher:
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description