SA121.SP2016.CAZ: vanitas . still life

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder - Dutch 1573 - 1621

as metaphor

van·i·tas

ˈvanəˌtäs/

noun

a still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death

or change as a reminder of their inevitability

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder - Dutch 1573 - 1621

AFTER Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder . Rob & Nick Carter 2009

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder - Dutch 1573 - 1621

Bringing Ambrosias Bosschart to Life

Video: Rob & Nick Carter 2009 animation Transforming Still Life Painting
after Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, Vase With Flowers in a Window, 1618

Julio Roriz Vanitas Portugal 2008

Pieter Claesz . Vanitas Still Life Timepiece . 1630

Gerrit Dou . Boy Blowing Bubbles 1635–1636

Caravaggio . Basket of Fruit. c. 1597. Oil on canvas, 31 x 47 cm.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin. 1728 . French Baroque Rocco

Vincent VanGogh . Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers . 1889

Edouard Manet - Still Life with Oysters c. 1881

Edouard Manet . Flowers in a Crystal Vase . c. 1882

Paul Cézanne . Still Life with Apples . 1895

RE: MoMA.org > With Still Life with Apples, Cézanne demonstrates that still life—considered the lowliest genre of its day—could be a vehicle for faithfully representing the appearance of light and space. "Painting from nature is not copying the object,” he wrote, “it is realizing one’s sensations.”

Cézanne consistently draws attention to the quality of the paint and canvas—never aiming for illusion. For example, the edges of the fruit in the bowl are undefined and appear to shift. Rules of perspective, too, are broken; the right corner of the table tilts forward, and is not aligned with the left side. Some areas of canvas are left bare, and others, like the drape of the tablecloth, appear unfinished. Still Life with Apples is more than an imitation of life— it is an exploration of seeing and the very nature of painting.