| Description: First, we give an overview of the history of the still-life genre from ancient times to the 19th century and define and describe its categories (subgenres) with many characteristic illustrations. After this introduction, participants of the tour can view with explanations the digital reproductions of the over 1,400 still-lifes in the WGA collection, sorted by the 360 artists who created them in the 15th to 19th centuries. Sources: ZUFFI, Stefano La Natura Morta, Electa, Milan, 1999 (in Italian); BOTT, Gian Casper, WOLF, Norbert, Still life, Taschen GmbH, Cologne, 2008; SCHNEIDER, Norbert, Still Life Painting in the Early Modern Period, Benedikt Taschen Verlag Gmbh, Cologne, 1994 ; KOK, Jan Piet Filedt, BAARSEN, Reinier, CORNELIS, Bart, KLOEK, Wouter, SCHOLTEN, Frits, Netherlandish Art in the Rijksmuseum, Waanders Publishers, Amsterdam, 2001; CHASTEL, André, French Art: The Ancien Régime 1620-1775, Flammarion, Paris, New York, 1995; BROWN, Jonathan, Painting in Spain 1500-1700, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1998 |
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