Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life Painting
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674539052 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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The third essay tackles the controversial field of seventeenth-century Dutch still life. Bryson concludes in the final essay that the persisting tendency to downgrade the genre of still life is profoundly rooted in the historical oppression of women.In Looking at the Overlooked, Norman Bryson is at his most brilliant to date. The first essay is devoted to Roman wall-painting while in the second the author surveys a major segment in the history of still life, from seventeenth-century Spanish painting to Cubism. These superbly written essays will stimulate us to look at the entire tradition of still life with new and critical eyes.. In this, the only up-to-date critical work on still life painting in any language, Norman Bryson analyses the origins, history and logic of 'still life', one of the most enduring forms of Western painting
(Lawrence Gowing Times Literary Supplement)Norman Bryson's new bookelicits levels of meaning in still life painting that reveal how complex this apparently simple art form can be. Like all the best art critics, Bryson succeeds in extending the range of our response to the paintings he writes about: after reading his words on Zurbarán or Chardin their still lifes become tinged with his eloquence. (Frances Spalding The Independent)In four dazzling essays, Bryson breaks through the profound, enigmatic silences that have made still life resistant to interpretation for centuries, coaxing the most reticent of genres into eloquent speechBy including still life in the current discourse on gender and patriarchal modes of seeing, Bryson brings it up to date, arguing convincingly for its permanent relevance. (Paul Taylor Art History) . For if he is correct, then still life will always offer painters a rich seam to mine. He dwells on certain pictures with a fastn
"Looking at the Overlooked, The first critical book I have read on Still Life painting" according to Tai Lipan. There is not much literature available on the subject of still life painting that goes beyond the obvious surface information. This is the first review of the history of still life painting which reexamines the human implications of different still life ideas throughout history. The four essays are in depth explorations of the challenging questions asked by seemingly ordinary subject matter and the formal ways in which artists engage these concepts. I wish I would have known about this book years ago.. A sensitive, intimate book on the virtues of still lifes This small and highly accessible book reflects on the significance of the slighted area of still life painting. It is a gentle and reflective reminder of the significance of domesticity and the interior in painting.. Fabian Cereijido said range and richness. In many american universities there is a sharp division between the classic art historians and the linguistics-inclined post modernists. Bryson's range encompasses both.
. Norman Bryson is Professor of Art History and Theoretical Studies at the Slade School of Art, University of London. He has written extensively on painting and critical theory