Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Liddy Walseth Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by Alamy INTERFOTO Masterpics Art Resource The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Bridgeman Art Library Fitzwilliam Museum University of Cambridge UK Musee des Beaux-Arts Marseille France The Phillips Collection Washington D C USA DACS Corbis Alfredo Dagli Orti The Art Archive Alinari Archives Burstein Collection Christie’s Images Francis G Mayer Massimo Listri The Andy Warhol Foundation Getty Images Alinari Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin Dorling Kindersley French JGI SuperStock iStockphoto binabina ChrisAt Deanna Finn Erik Lam iodrakon Konstantin Kirillov Angela Sorrentino Shutterstock 501room Chris Pole Jakub Krechowicz optimarc shooarts SuperStock Bridgeman Art Library Image Asset Management Ltd Wikipedia Vincent Steenberg Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Frisch Joy Still lifes by Joy Frisch-Schmoll p cm Brushes with greatness Includes bibliographical references and index Summary A survey of the painting genre that focuses on carefully arranged inanimate objects examining the genre’s origins and introducing its notable artists works and styles throughout history ISBN 978-1-60818-203-9 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-147-4 eBook 1 Still-life painting I Title ND1390 F76 2012 758 4 dc23 2011040489 First edition 246897531 COVER STILL LIFE WITH A BASKET C 1890 95 BY PAUL CÉZANNE PAGE 2 UNTITLED BY JUAN GRIS 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 4 14 26 37 14 13 CHAP TERS T H E S TA R T O F S T I L L L I F E F R O M S A I N T S T O F L OW E R S ANEWFOCUS INSTILLLIFE M O D E R N A R T G O E S A B S T R AC T APPRECIATING ART YOUNGHARE 25 S T I L L L I F E A N A L L E G O RY O F T H E V A N I T I E S O F HUMANLIFE T H E R AY V A S E W I T H F I F T E E N S U N F L OW E R S RESOURCES G L O S S A RY SELECTEDBIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX 35 45 46 47 48
Startof The Still life a painting of a vase of flowers or a bowl of fruit may be viewed today as simply a beautiful demonstration of artistic skill a pretty picture to hang on a wall has stood the test of time and retains its treasured status today The art of still life painting dates to ancient times The Egyptians used still lifes to adorn the tombs in which they But historically still lifes have been created buried their pharaohs or kings Egyptians not merely as decoration but as a means believed that the food objects pottery and of conveying moral or religious messages other items they depicted in paint would Centuries ago still life functioned largely become real for the deceased ruler in the as background detail in larger paintings afterlife Still lifes have also been found in Over time renderings of inanimate excavations of the ancient Roman cities of objects became prized as art in and of Pompeii and Herculaneum which were themselves not to mention as a means buried during the volcanic eruption of of visually recording plant and animal Mount Vesuvius in a d 79 One Pompeii specimens Around the 16th century the painting depicts vases and a glass bowl genre of still lifes began to blossom into filled with fruit Roman painters loved a legitimate form of art a form that demonstrating their technical skill and 4
ANCIENT ROMAN ART FOUND IN POMPEII ABOVE AND LEFT 5
