Wednesday, May 19, 2010

WEEK 5_the Autonomous Life

Jeremy Glatstein_Visual Analysis

STILL LIFE WITH PARTRIDGE IRON GLOVES, AND CROSSBOW ARROW, Jacobo de Barbari 1504


































PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT, Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse  C. 1530


































PEAPODS, CHERRIES AND WILD STRAWBERRIES, Leonardo Da Vinci  C.1445-1495


































PORTRAIT OF GENTLEMEN AND HIS FAMILY, Maarten Van Heemskerck, C.1530




























ELDERLY COUPLE, Lucas Van Valckenborch, C.1600


























VANITAS STILL LIFE WITH CHRIST, MARY AND MARTHA, Pieter Aertsen, July 25 1552


























BUTCHER SHOP, Pieter Aertsen, March 10 1551
























BUTCHER SHOP, Joachim Beuckelaer 1568


























ITALY
FRUIT SELLER, Vincenzo Campi, C.1580






















BUTCHER SHOP, Annibale Carracci, C.1583























SPAIN
CHRIST ON THE HOUSE OF MARTHA AND MARY, Diego Velázquez 1618





















OLD WOMAN FRYING EGGS, Diego Velázquez 1618































SHIFT TO STILL LIFE - FLOWERS/PLANTS/INSECTS/ECOLOGY/BIOLOGY/SCIENCE

LARGE CLUMP PF GRASS, Albrecht Durer 1503


































HERBARUM VIVAE EICONES, Otto Brunfels



































































VERTUMMUS, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, C.1591


































COMMENTARIA DIOSCORIDE


































SEA URCHINS AND SNAILS, Giorgio Liberale, C.1565


























Crispin de Passe

Giovanni Battista Ferrari 1646 - LEMON

ASSORTMENT OF CITRUS FRUIT, Bartolomeo



























TULIPS, Maria Sibylla Merian, C.1675






































































































SENSE OF HEARING, Jan Brueghel the Elder 1617-1618





















EUROPA, Jan Van Kessel 1664



















































Frans Francken the Younger 1636

Monday, May 17, 2010

WEEK 4_Middle ages: from illusions to hidden symbolism

SCROVEGNO CHAPEL Padua 1300-1305, Giotto di Bondone


































BARONCELLI CHAPEL 14TH CENT., Taddeo Gaddio

























THE MERODE ALTARPIECE, Robert Campin, C. 1420-1430



















































SAINT JEROME IN HIS STUDY, Jan Van Eyck, C. 1432-1441


































THE ADORATION OF SHEPHERDS, Hugo Van Der Goes, C. 1476





























ARNOLFINI WEDDING PORTRAIT, John Van Eyck





























































SAINT-ELIGIUS, Petrus Christus 1949


































MAN WITH A RED TURBAN, Jan Van Eyck 1433


































MONEY-CHANGER AND HIS WIFE, Quentin Metsys 1514


































PAINTINGS OF A FLOWER, Hans Memling, C. 1485



































VANITAS, Barthel Bruyn the Elder 1542


































STILL LIFE, Clara Peters 1611












VANITAS STILL LIFE, Pieter Claesz, C. 1628-1630

SELF-PORTRAIT WITH VANITAS S.1, David Bailley


























STILL LIFE, Clara Peters 1612



































STILL LIFEALLEGORY OF THE ARTS, Simon Luttichuys 1646


































STILL LIFE COMMEMORATING MAARTEN TROMP, Pieter Van Steenwyck  C.1656

 TROMPE L'OEUIL EASEL, Cornelis Gysbreehts, C. 1670



































FEIGNED TROMPE L'OEUIL, Samuel Van Hoodstraten, C. 1666-1678




























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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

WEEK 3_Still Life in Antiquity

Reference to Norman Bryeson, reading

XENIA: is the Greek concept of hospitality, or generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home. It is often translated as "guest-friendship" (or "ritualized friendship") because the rituals of hospitality created and expressed a reciprocal relationship between guest and host.

ROMAN FLOOR - mosaic



























Pompeii FIRST STYLE, 200-80 BCE



































Pompeii SECOND STYLE, 80-25 BCE

Pompeii  THIRD STYLE, 25 BCE - 25 CE

Pompeii FOURTH STYLE, 25-79 CE


































THE UNSWEPT FLOOR, 2ND C. CE

“Memento mori”. Mosaic from Pompeii (House cum workshop I, 5, 2, triclinium). 30 B.C. — 14 A.D.