Schneider, Norbert,  1945- <br/><br/>
Still life :  still life painting in the early modern period / 
Norbert Schneider. 
 - Hong Kong ;  London :  Taschen,  c2009. 
 - 215 p. :  ill. (chiefly col.), col. ports. ;  31 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2003. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Introduction - Origins and early stages of the still life - Kitchen scenes - Game still lifes - Depictions of the five senses - Vanitas still lifes - Dessert and confectionary still lifes - Ontbijtjes: laid tables - Fruit still lifes (fruit baskets) - Flower still lifes - Religious still lifes of flowers and fruit - 'Museums', wonder chambers and natural history collections - Musical instruments - Weapons - Books - Forest still lifes. 
<br/><br/> How do the objects in a still life reflect the customs, ideas and aspirations of the time? This is one of the questions which Schneider asks in this book. Still lifes chart the history of scientific discoveries and their acceptance as well as the gradual replacement of the medieval concept of the world. The period covered is from 1500 to the late 1600s. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the German. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783836510189 (hbk.) :  £7.99 3836510189 (hbk.) :  £7.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Still-life painting--16th century.<br/>Art and society.<br/>Still-life painting--17th century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>758.4'0903