The magic of things : still-life painting, 1500-1800
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The magic of things : still-life painting, 1500-1800
Hatje Cantz, c2008
- : English ed
- : German ed
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Exhibition catalogue
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition The Magic of Things--Still-Life Painting 1500-1800, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, March 20 to August 17, 2008, Kunstmuseum Basel, September 5, 2008 to January 4, 2009"
Sponsor: Finanzgruppe
Exhibitors: Rogier van der Weyden, Goossen van der Weyden, Ludger Tom Ring the Younger ... [et al.]
"An exhibition of the Städel Museum Frankfurt and the Kunstmuseum Basel in cooperation with the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt."
Also published in German as: Die Magie der Dinge
Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-363)
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Description
Of painting's enduring genres, it may be the still life that offers the most brazen opportunities for virtuoso flourish, and that most closely approximates painting itself, as an art of arrangement of color, texture and light. Glistening dew drops on flower petals, contorted reflections of light on glass goblets and silver dishes, candied sweets heaped up in Chinese porcelain, the textures of fur, cloth, metal and bone--the rendering of such objects demands of an artist not only skill but an instinct for the thingness of things. Chardin, for example, was so gifted in this respect that certain admirers have been known to literally lick his paintings. However, skill, as always, is not the whole story: "One uses color but one paints with feelings," he once explained to a colleague hoping for tips on technique. For the viewer, the still life demands no extensive training in art theory, since its endless rewards are plain to the eye and mind--excepting the obvious symbolism that attends such items as skulls or fallen petals. This volume boasts a splendid selection of works by such masters of the genre as Jan Brueghel the Elder, Georg Flegel, Sebastian Stoskopff, Jan Davidsz de Heem, Abraham Mignon and Chardin, culled from first-class collections from the St del Museum in Frankfurt, the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt.
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