Still Life: Still Life Painting In The Early Modern Period
Softcover
1994 · Köln (Cologne), Germany
by Schneider, Norbert
Köln (Cologne), Germany: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, 1994. Softcover. VG-. Some wear to wraps. Page 49-50 is laid-in. Otherwise a clean and tight copy.. Bronze & illustrated thick card covers. French flaps, 215 pp., profusely illustrated in color and bw. "How do the objects in a still life reflect the habits, thoughts and aspirations of the time? This is one of the questions which Norbert Schneider asks in this book. The period between the late Middle Ages and the 17th century was without doubt the heyday of the still life. It is an art form which gives us valuable insights into changes of mentality and philosophy as well as people's notions of death. Still lifes chart the history of scientific discoveries and their acceptance as well as the gradual replacement of the mediaeval concepts of the world."--Front cover flap. Includes bibliographical references (page 215). (Inventory #: 105969.1)