History of Still-Life :: Visual Arts Paintings Art

History of Still-Life Flanders C16- Installed quite religious and common settings into thepieces, the extremely detail oil on canvas works were often home tokitchen-like objects and utensils. divergent foods such as cabbages,fish and hares were used especially to capture notice from thesurrounding light, thus creating a very real, almost touchableeffect. inebriation glasses were layered repeatedly to produce a realistic transparentness yet another method in generating such detailed worldin the piece.Dutch C17-In this period, the artists had not completely cast off and propel a focus any such relation to religion they just gruelingsorely on the idea of symbolism and reflection of light. To acontemporary viewer, the assuage-life would appear to be an assortment ofstrange objects placed on a wooden table. But to the seventeenth-century Dutch observer, the paintings conveyed the theme of vanitasobjects that symbolized the vanity of earthly things and the brevityof life. The skul l and bones refer to death, the books and writinginstruments to excessive pride by dint of learning, and the fragile glassgoblet of wine to temporary pleasure. A gilt cup on its side wouldsuggest immoderate wealth, and a humanity smoking a pipe displays idleness.The obsessive layering of oil paints by the artists was their counsel ofcreating accuracy and perfection. As modern day people have found,the pigments hang in the oil paints, which have lasted untilcurrent years have slow turned brown, and at that placefore have demandedattention in the form of cleaning.France C18-19- Adopting essentially the same principle of painting,although lesser applied, Jean Simon Chardin, a self taught artistsituated in capital of France acquired his acclaimed reputation as still lifesforemost artist. Self-taught, his thick, rather textured technique meet every middle and capital class (bourgeoisie (who made theFrench change and Impressionism)) household. Many pieces wereminuscule, and all his pieces showed off his skills as an artist. Elevating to look at such as The Jar of Apricot and The Ray(1758), the depth and use of reflections were mesmerising andpeaceful.Paris turn of C20-This was the phase when artists really started toadopt new styles to express there ideas. Braque, Picasso, Cezanne,Picasso and Matisse were the fore founders, innovating cubism, blockcolours, experimental studio time, and a different way of perceivingart by twisting the laws of perspective. Now artists would churn out umpteen more pieces, for now, no longer would apiece take months andmonths to complete. Particular pieces of the above artists workinclude Lemons against a Fleur De Lys background (Matisse-1943),Still Life with a Chair Caning (Picasso 1911-12), and Still-lifewith a Plaster Cupid (Cezanne-1895).