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9783775751148: Still Life Timeless Beauty /anglais
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ISBN 10 : 3775751149 ISBN 13 : 9783775751148
Editeur : Hatje Cantz, 2024

Synopsis

They fascinate us today as they did 500 years ago: elaborate compositions of exotic fruits or platters with oysters, floral arrangements and skulls, exquisitely decorated musical instruments and scientific instruments. Magical things testify to exuberant wealth and hedonism as well as to the enlightened curiosity and religious fervour of the Baroque era. This lavishly illustrated book that even features a pictorial glossary sets the stage for the internationally renowned collection of still lifes housed in DresdenÆs Gemõldegalerie (Picture Gallery). Focusing on the dazzling masterpieces of Dutch and Flemish painting,this book examines the genre in all its diverse facets. What meaning, what content, and what function did still lifes have, what allegories and symbols are concealed intheir coded messages? How did the artists take the game of optical illusion to extremes? More than 70 still lifes from the Dresden collection by painters such as Cornelisde Heem, Abraham Mignon, Rachel Ruysch, and Frans Snyders prov

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They fascinate us today as they did 500 years ago: elaborate compositions of exotic fruits or platters with oysters, floral arrangements and skulls, exquisitely decorated musical instruments and scientific instruments. Magical things testify to exuberant wealth and hedonism as well as to the enlightened curiosity and religious fervour of the Baroque era. This lavishly illustrated book that even features a pictorial glossary sets the stage for the internationally renowned collection of still lifes housed in DresdenÆs Gemõldegalerie (Picture Gallery). Focusing on the dazzling masterpieces of Dutch and Flemish painting,this book examines the genre in all its diverse facets. What meaning, what content, and what function did still lifes have, what allegories and symbols are concealed intheir coded messages? How did the artists take the game of optical illusion to extremes? More than 70 still lifes from the Dresden collection by painters such as Cornelisde Heem, Abraham Mignon, Rachel Ruysch, and Frans Snyders prov

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Éditeur
Hatje Cantz
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3775751149
ISBN 13 
9783775751148
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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