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    Still Life With Gilt

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    the Netherlands. The country was spreading education with the rise of the merchant class, dominating world trade, and excelling in scientific exploration. The art of this time reflected this, and was a representation of all they were fighting for. Still Life with a Gilt, specifically, is a warning to symbolize that the feast is over and to portray that what we possess in this life will not last. Holland was becoming an independent country and artists like Heda were capturing the country’s spirit in

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    What would you consider today’s most desired status symbols? A mansion or a beach side home? A designer handbag or clothes? In Rachel Ruysch’s day it was a simple tulip. Looking at her floral still life paintings can reveal an entire hidden world. Rachel Ruysch was born in 1664 in the northern Netherlands. She was born into a wealthy and prominent family; her father a scientist and her mother the daughter of an architect. Her father was a professor of anatomy and botany and also an amateur painter

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    to be a red clay vessel, but after further familiarizing myself with the artist’s work it became clear that this was bronze, based on comparable material use in other still life examples. Because of the Netherlands regional location within Europe, bronze was plentiful and valuable. In multiple examples of Jean-Michel Picart’s still lifes the bronze vase is used to display a full bouquet of flowers. Often, these vessels were detailed with unique patterns engraved on the exterior portion of the vase

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    and Self-Reflection in Seventeenth-Century Netherlandish Still-Life Painting Celeste Brusati organizes in a way that shows three different types of still lifes and how they can help identify an artist. She starts by showing the lesser of the extreme of artists who are impersonal in their works, and then goes on to show examples of those who are much more personal and more self representative in their works. What Brusati argues is that still life paintings perpetuate the social identity of the artist

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    for everyone to get here,” I suggested. “ We are still waiting on Taylor, Cole and Donkey.” They sat down at the table and waited. “ I can’t believe I’m back at Hogwarts, it feels like only yesterday that I got sorted into Gryffindor,” he said. They waited some more until finally, “ I’m here!!!!!!” screamed Donkey as he barged through the big brown doors, “ Let’s get this party started. I’m starving,” “ Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but we still have to wait for Cole, and Taylor to get here,”

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    The Memelon

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    Nature Morte, essentially still life, refers to the portrayal of inanimate objects within images. One Artist, recognized for his iconic impressionistic still life work, is Edouard Manet (1832-1883). Manet is revered for being a key instigator in the transition from realism to impressionism; his still life impressionism works were amongst those considered the genesis of the impressionist movement in the late 19th Century. Manet was raised in Paris, to affluent family. Upon failure to make it into

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    Understanding Skull Tattoo Meaning Have you ever thought about indulging into the skull tattoo meanings? Why is it such a popular design amongst other tattoos? The reason why it is so popular is because skull tattoos can have many symbolic meanings. It can be used to depict various symbolisms, and most commonly it is associated with life and death, or in other words, mortality and immortality. Skull tattoo meanings are also characterized as protection, courage, power, bravery and strength. Those

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    Australia, United States, and France. Drew is globally known for her still life photographs that are inspired from the 17th century Vanitas still life paintings. A Still Life is an arrangement of inanimate objects that construct a work of art. Vanitas describes a type of still life painting that shows symbolic meaning and reminders of mortality through lifeless everyday objects. In one of Marian Drew’s series of artworks, Australiana/Still life (2003-2011), Drew has intended to

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    religion and art. The composition will segue to a review of the most popular Dutch still life artists of the 17th century, and then transition to the specific genre of floral still life. This naturally leads to a consideration of techniques of the Dutch artists of that era and a succinct study of several of the most famous Dutch floral still lives from the 1600s. The thesis of this investigation is floral still lives became a popular specialty genre of 17th century Dutch painters, reflecting he

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    Still-life “What a strange genre of painting still life is: it makes people admire a copy of those things that we sometimes do not admire originally,” - Blaise Pascal (famous French mathematician, writer and philosopher). Indeed, though at the first sight some still lives may not seem to convey great ideas to the viewers, nevertheless these paintings tend to conceal deep meanings within. Often, only the discerning eye of an artist can see the hidden essence of some objects in space. Still life painting

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