They fascinate us today as they did 500 years ago: elaborate
compositions of exotic fruits or platters with oysters, floral
arrangements and skulls, exquisitely decorated musical instruments
and scientific instruments. Magical things testify to exuberant
wealth and hedonism as well as to the enlightened curiosity and
religious fervour of the Baroque era. This lavishly illustrated
book that even features a pictorial glossary sets the stage for the
internationally renowned collection of still lifes housed in
Dresden’s Gemäldegalerie (Picture Gallery). Focusing on the
dazzling masterpieces of Dutch and Flemish painting, this book
examines the genre in all its diverse facets. What meaning, what
content, and what function did still lifes have, what allegories
and symbols are concealed in their coded messages? How did the
artists take the game of optical illusion to extremes? More than 70
still lifes from the Dresden collection by painters such as
Cornelis de Heem, Abraham Mignon, Rachel Ruysch, and Frans Snyders
provide a unique insight into the golden age of this magical genre.
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