INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY. HOW DO THE OBJECTS IN A STILL LIFE REFLECT THE CUSTOMS, IDEAS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE TIME? THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH NORBERT SCHNEIDER ASKS IN THIS BOOK. THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND THE 17TH CENTURY WAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE HEYDAY OF THE STILL LIFE. IT IS AN ART FORM WHICH GIVES US VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY AS WELL AS PEOPLE'S NOTIONS OF DEATH. STILL LIFES CHART THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE AS WELL AS THE GRADUAL REPLACEMENT OF THE MEDIAEVAL CONCEPT OF THE WORLD.
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Middle Ages, Jan Brueghel the Elder, The Hague, Pieter Claesz, Frans Snyders, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Virgin Mary, Abraham Mignon, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Willem Claesz, Abraham van Beijeren, Jan Davidsz, Ambrosius Bosschaert, Daniel Seghers, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Holy Spirit, Italian Renaissance, Rachel Ruysch, Roemer Visscher New!
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- Still Life by American Federation Of Art on 7 pages
- The Anatomy of Melancholy (New York Review Books Classics) by Robert Burton on page 189, page 192, and Back Matter
- Das Narrenschiff (German Edition) by S. Brant in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant on page 187
- The Imitation Of Christ by St Thomas A Kempis on page 77
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- Art And The Committed Eye: The Cultural Functions Of Imagery (Cultural Studies) by Richard Leppert on 9 pages
- The Witch as Muse: Art, Gender, and Power in Early Modern Europe by Linda C. Hults in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience (Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series) by Nicholas Addison on page 233
- Imagenes Y Textos. by Lily Litvak on page 43
- Dressed to Rule: Royal and Court Costume from Louis XIV to Elizabeth II by Philip Mansel in Back Matter
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