Still Life - Hatje Cantz

The back cover of a book, featuring a dark, monochromatic still life painting of a dense floral arrangement. A black rectangle on the left contains a description of the book, which is about Netherlandish still life masterpieces. Below the text are a barcode and publisher information.

An angled, high-view shot of a hardcover book titled Still Life, Timeless Beauty, on a plain white background. The black cover features a lush, classical still life painting of fruits, gourds, a bird's nest with eggs, and insects.

An open art book on a white surface. The left page has text under the heading Magnificent Pantries. The right page shows a dark, opulent still-life painting of a banquet table laden with a large red lobster, pies, fruit, and a golden goblet, with a small white dog and a violin below.

A photograph of an open art book. The left page displays a large, opulent still life painting of a feast, featuring a dead swan, a peacock, a lobster, a deer, and baskets of fruit and vegetables. The right page contains descriptive text and a small detail photo of a swan's head.

An overhead shot of an open art book. The left page displays a full-page reproduction of Willem Claesz. Heda's still life painting, Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie. The right page features descriptive text and a smaller detail shot of the painting. The book rests on a flat surface.

A classic still life painting showing a bounty of fruit, a bird, and a nest with eggs, with the title Still Life, Timeless Beauty overlaid in white text.

Stillleben

Zeitlose Schönheit

€ 38.00

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Edited by: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Konstanze Krüger

English

June 2024, 160 Pages, 100 Photos

Hardcover

206mm x 256mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5114-8

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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They fascinate us today as they did 500 years ago: elaborate compositions of exotic fruits or platters with oysters, foral 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 fervor 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 Dresden's Gemäldegalerie (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 in their 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 Cornelis de Heem, Abraham Mignon, Rachel Ruysch, and Frans Snyders provide a unique insight into the golden age of this magical genre.

The book is also avaible in German.