It was a highly valued skill in Dutch still-life painting and this rather beautiful example of the genre has a particularly calm aesthetic. The overall colour scheme is muted, dominated by greys, ...

The Turner Prize nominee is fascinated by the hidden narratives in Gerret Willemsz. Heda’s Still Life with a Nautilus Cup ...

Of the paintings in the Rijksmuseum, around 230 are still lifes. Life literally stands still in these arranged displays of objects, including shells, books, skulls and dead animals, as well as living ...

history painting, and still life, each accompanied by text illuminating its context and significance. Curatorial essays provide an overview of the extraordinary world of the 17th-century Dutch ...

Looking closely at Dutch flower paintings reveals a busy world of insect and animal ... In contrast to the rare flowers and exotic shells that appear in Dutch still lifes, most of the insects and tiny ...

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Some of the earliest examples of still life paintings were made in fifteenth century BC by the ... The term ‘still life’ was derived from the Dutch word 'stilleven', with Dutch and Flemish painters ...

The Berlin-born photographer’s new book documents the animals that pass through our gardens in the style of Dutch Golden Age paintings “I love still lifes,” says photographer Lia Darjes. “And I love ...