Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life Painting (Reaktion Books - Essays in Art and Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (856 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 094846206X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-15 |
| 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. These superbly written essays will stimulate us to look at the entire tradition of still life with new and critical eyes.. In Looking at the Overlooked, Norman Bryson is at his most brilliant. 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. In this, the only up-to-date critical work on still life painting in any language, Norman Bryson analyzes the origins, history and logic of still life, one of the most enduring forms of Western painting
'Few art historians can unpeel images in the way that he does.' - Frances Spalding, The Independent; 'The still-life really comes alive in this book.' - Good Book Guide
Norman Bryson is professor of art history and theoretical studies at the Slade School of Art, University of London.
Disappointing LPricevuti I was looking for something that would take me on a musing tour through various paintings. Too technical and analytical for my reading needs. Maybe more insight into the writers intention needs to be part of the adverts.. Tai Lipan said Looking at the Overlooked, The first critical book I have read on Still Life painting. 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.. brilliant If you're wavering on your decision to purchase this work, just go for it. I took a seminar from Professor Bryson one semester, and let me tell you, this man simply exists on a whole different intellectual level. He constantly confronts and re-perceives art and artistic theory, pushing your mind to process visual information in radically different ways.