The fertile ground of painting : seventeenth-century still lifes & nature pieces

17th-Century Netherlandish Still Life painting actively participated in the intellectual discourse of natural philosophy and the natural sciences, even though art history until recently described it, somewhat simplifying, as realistic-representative painting. We urgently need a rehabilitation of the...

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Main Author: Leonhard, Karin (Author, VerfasserIn)
Other Authors: Stockman, Russell (Translator, ÜbersetzerIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
German
Published: London ; Turnhout : Harvey Miller Publishers , 2020
Series:Harvey Miller studies in baroque art
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Related Items:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Karin Leonhard, The fertile ground of painting. 17th-century still lives and nature pieces]
Author Notes:Karin Leonhard ; translation by Russell Stockman
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Summary:17th-Century Netherlandish Still Life painting actively participated in the intellectual discourse of natural philosophy and the natural sciences, even though art history until recently described it, somewhat simplifying, as realistic-representative painting. We urgently need a rehabilitation of the notion of Mimesis. The author restarts the discussion, by putting more emphasis on the historical notions of Nature and Image. She examines how mimetic structures acquired a biotic reproductive capacity in the 17th century. Still Life painting thematizes the ability of Nature and Art to produce similarities and is therefore predestined for a theorization of mimetic strcutures of Art in general.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 279-297
Auf der Rückseite der Haupttitelseite: "Originally published as "Bildfelder - Stilleben und Naturstücke des 17. Jahrhunderts" in German by Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2013."
Physical Description:304 Seiten
ISBN:9781912554065
1912554062